Role of clinical and ultrasound findings in the diagnosis of retained products of conception

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 704-707

  Abbasi, S ^a   Jamal, A ^a   Eslamian, L ^a   Marsousi, V ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; Hyperechoic material; Retained products of conception; Ultrasound; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DECIDUA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETAINED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUCTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 55549084576     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5391     Document Type: Article

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