Sonographic appearances of the endometrium after termination of pregnancy in asymptomatic versus symptomatic women

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-586

  McEwing, Rachael L ^a,e   Anderson, Nigel G ^b   Meates, Jeremy B A ^c   Allen, Richard B ^d   Phillipson, Greg T M ^a   Wells, J Elisabeth ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c HAWKE S BAY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Retained products; Sonography; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DOPPLER EFFECT; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONSERVATIVE APPROACHES; FIRST TRIMESTERS; RESISTIVE INDEX; RETAINED PRODUCTS; RETAINED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; THICKNESS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 65949119315     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.5.579     Document Type: Article

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