The use of power Doppler colour scoring to predict successful expectant management in women with an incomplete miscarriage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 669-675

  Casikar, Ishwari ^a   Lu, Chuan ^b   Oates, Jennifer ^a   Bignardi, Tommaso ^a   Alhamdan, Dalya ^a   Condous, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expectant management; incomplete miscarriage; power Doppler colour score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84857214685     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der433     Document Type: Review

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