Double sac sign and intradecidual sign in early pregnancy: Interobserver reliability and frequency of occurrence

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1207-1214

  Doubilet, Peter M ^a   Benson, Carol B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sac sign; Early gestational sac; Intradecidual sign; Pregnancy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DOUBLE SAC SIGN; EARLY GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPINS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTRADECIDUAL SIGN; PREGNANCY; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE;

OBSTETRICS;

ADULT; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; DOUBLE SAC SIGN; EARLY GESTATIONAL SAC; INTRADECIDUAL SIGN; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BOSTON; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

DOUBLE SAC SIGN; EARLY GESTATIONAL SAC; INTRADECIDUAL SIGN; PREGNANCY; SONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84880320767     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.7.1207     Document Type: Article

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