The expanded amnion sign: Evidence of early embryonic death

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1331-1335

  Yegul, N Tugce ^a   Filly, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnion; Early pregnancy failure; Embryonic death; Sonography; Threatened abortion

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AMNION; EARLY PREGNANCY; EMBRYONIC DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTERS; FOLLOW UP; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; THREATENED ABORTION;

OBSTETRICS;

AMNION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AMNION; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 74749103345     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.10.1331     Document Type: Article

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