Intrauterine fluid with ectopic pregnancy a reappraisal

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 389-393

  Benson, Carol B ^a   Doubilet, Peter M ^a   Peters, Hope E ^a   Frates, Mary C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intrauterine pregnancy; Ectopic pregnancy; Miscarriage; Pregnancy of unknown location; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADNEXAL MASS; EARLY INTRAUTERINE PREGNANCY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES; MISCARRIAGE; PREGNANCY TESTS; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY; UTERINE CAVITY;

OBSTETRICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERUS;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; BOSTON; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874591588     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.3.389     Document Type: Article

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