Amniotic fluid 'sludge' detected in patients with subchorionic hematoma: a report of two cases

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 484-486

  Tskitishvili, E ^a   Tomimatsu, T ^a   Kanagawa, T ^a   Sawada, K ^a   Kinugasa, Y ^a   Mimura, K ^a   Kimura, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid sludge; Miscarriage; Preterm delivery; Subchorionic hematoma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID SLUDGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCHORIONIC HEMATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 63449130973     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6348     Document Type: Article

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