Predictive value of the presence of an embryonic heartbeat for live birth: Comparison of women with and without recurrent pregnancy loss

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1369-1373

  Hyer, Jennifer S ^a   Fong, Shirley ^a   Kutteh, William H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Recurrent pregnancy loss, embryonic heart rate, ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 7944230544     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.058     Document Type: Article

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