Pregnancy: Clearance curves of serum human chorionic gonadotrophin for the diagnosis of persistent trophoblast

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 683-687

  Hajenius, P J ^a   Mol, B W J ^a   Ankum, W M ^a   Van Der Veen, F ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Lammes, F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Persistent trophoblast; Salpingostomy; Serum human chorionic gonadotrophin; Tubal pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGECTOMY; SALPINGOSTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

EID: 0028914032     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136012     Document Type: Article

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