Best predictors of grayscale ultrasound combined with color doppler in the diagnosis of retained products of conception

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-127

  Atri, M ^a   Rao, A ^a   Boylan, C ^a   Rasty, G ^a   Gerber, D ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Retained products of conception; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952409694     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20779     Document Type: Article

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