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Ultrasonography for Blighted Ovum (Anembryonic Gestation)

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Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures

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A blighted ovum or anembryonic gestation is a pregnancy in which the embryo never develops in the gestational sac (Fig. 112.1).

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Katrina Skoog Nguyen DO & L. Connor Nickels MD, RDMS

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Correspondence to L. Connor Nickels MD, RDMS .

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  1. Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Director, SE Specialty Care Centers of Innovation, Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

    Latha Ganti

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Nguyen, K.S., Nickels, L.C. (2016). Ultrasonography for Blighted Ovum (Anembryonic Gestation). In: Ganti, L. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2507-0_112

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