Transabdominal ultrasonography as a screening test for second-trimester placenta previa

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 628-633

  Quant, Hayley S ^a,b   Friedman, Alexander M ^a,b   Wang, Eileen ^a,b   Parry, Samuel ^a,b   Schwartz, Nadav ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894453568     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000129     Document Type: Article

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