Ectopic pregnancy: Prospective study with improved diagnostic accuracy

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-17

  Kaplan, B C ^a   Dart, R G ^a   Moskos, M ^a   Kuligowska, E ^a   Chun, B ^a   Hamid, M A ^a   Northern, K ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Kharwadkar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0029885490     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70131-2     Document Type: Article

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