Limitations of current definitions of miscarriage using mean gestational sac diameter and crown-rump length measurements: A multicenter observational study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 497-502

  Abdallah, Y ^a   Daemen, A ^b   Kirk, E ^a   Pexsters, A ^b   Naji, O ^a   Stalder, C ^c   Gould, D ^c   Ahmed, S ^c   Guha, S ^d   Syed, S ^c   Bottomley, C ^d   Timmerman, D ^b   Bourne, T ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gestational sac; Intrauterine pregnancy of uncertain viability; IPUV; Miscarriage; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMANS; LONDON; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 83455214863     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10109     Document Type: Article

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