Diagnostic clues to ectopic pregnancy

Radiographics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1661-1671

  Lin, Edward P ^a   Bhatt, Shweta ^a   Dogra, Vikram S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 58149302962     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.286085506     Document Type: Article

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