Rupture of ectopic pregnancy following disappearance of serum beta subunit of hCG

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 826-827

  Hochner Celnikier, Drorith ^a   Ron, Moshe ^a   Goshen, Ran ^a   Zacut, David ^a   Amir, Gail ^a   Yagel, Simcha ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE RUPTURE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0026598179     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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