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Diagnostic ultrasound is now accepted as a significant method in early pregnancy diagnosis and as a leading tool in the differential diagnosis of disturbed early pregnancy. Its characteristics are simplicity of technique, the speed with which immediate precise diagnostic information is obtained and the complete absence of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity.
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Bulić, M. (1984). Ultrasound in early pregnancy. In: Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Spontaneous Abortion. Advances in Reproductive Health Care, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9789-5_23
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