Clinical use of a model to predict the viability of early intrauterine pregnancies when no embryo is visible on ultrasound

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2957-2963

  Lautmann, Karin ^a   Cordina, Mark ^a   Elson, Janine ^b   Johns, Jemma ^a   Schramm Gajraj, Katharina ^a   Ross, Jackie A ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

early intrauterine pregnancy; gestational sac; prediction model; viable pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PROGESTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 80054900292     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der287     Document Type: Article

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