Threatened Abortion
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What to expect:
About 30 percent of women who have
vaginal bleeding
during the first 20 weeks of
pregnancy
will have a
miscarriage
.
Related Topics:
Abdominal pain
Placenta previa
Placental abruption
Pregnancy complications serious miscarriage
Pregnancy
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Last Updated: Mar 7, 2007
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
;
John H. Beckett, MD
;
D. Scott Gettings, MD
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References:
Szabo I, Szilagyi A. Management of threatened abortion. Early Pregnancy. 1996 Dec;2(4):233-40.
Weiss JL, Malone FD, Vidaver J, et al. Threatened abortion: A risk factor for poor pregnancy outcome, a population-based screening study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Mar;190(3):745-50.
Yip SK, Sahota D, Cheung LP, Lam P, Haines CJ, Chung TK. Accuracy of clinical diagnostic methods of threatened abortion. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2003;56(1):38-42.
