Accurate prediction of pregnancy viability by means of a simple scoring system

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-76

  Bottomley, Cecilia ^a   Van Belle, Vanya ^b   Kirk, Emma ^c   Van Huffel, Sabine ^b   Timmerman, Dirk ^d   Bourne, Tom ^c,d  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Electrical Energy and Computer Architectures   (Belgium)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

first trimester; miscarriage; pregnancy; transvaginal ultrasound; viability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING; YOLK SAC;

EID: 84871222519     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des352     Document Type: Article

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