Gestational sac and embryonic growth are not useful as criteria to define miscarriage: A multicenter observational study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 503-509

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

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMANS; LONDON; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84855698611     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10075     Document Type: Article

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