Yolk sac size and shape as predictors of poor pregnancy outcome

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 316-320

  Küçük, Tansu ^a   Duru, N Kemal ^a   Yenen, M Cemal ^a   Dede, Murat ^a   Ergün, Ali ^a   Başer, Iskender ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pregnancy outcome; Secondary yolk sac; Yolk sac shape; Yolk sac size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC;

ADULT; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTERUS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 9444247652     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.1999.045     Document Type: Article

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