Terminology for pregnancy loss prior to viability: A consensus statement from the ESHRE early pregnancy special interest group

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 495-498

  Kolte, A M ^a   Bernardi, L A ^b   Christiansen, O B ^a,c   Quenby, S ^d   Farquharson, R G ^e   Goddijn, M ^f   Stephenson, M D ^g  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Miscarriage; Non visualized pregnancy loss; pregnancy loss; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY LOSS PRIOR TO VIABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CONSENSUS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84935042600     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu299     Document Type: Review

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