Expectant management of spontaneous first-trimester miscarriage: Prospective validation of the '2-week rule'

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Casikar, I ^a   Bignardi, T ^a   Riemke, J ^a   Alhamdan, D ^a   Condous, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empty sac; Expectant management; Incomplete miscarriage; Miscarriage; Missed miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; MISSED ABORTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ABORTION, MISSED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 76249099960     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7486     Document Type: Article

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