Potential use of single measurement of serum progesterone in detecting early pregnancy failure

Malaysian Journal of Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-46

  Hanita, O ^a   Hanisah, A H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Abortion; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EARLY PREGNANCY FAILURE; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MEASUREMENT; NONVIABLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIABLE PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROGESTERONE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84863320601     PISSN: 01268635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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