Can ultrasound predict the presence of retained products of conception following first-trimester spontaneous abortion?

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-190

  Zare, Zahra ^a   Shadman Zijerdi, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Incomplete abortion; Retained products of conception; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RETAINED PLACENTA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THICKNESS; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 75649152411     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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