Maternal serum creatine kinase does not predict tubal pregnancy

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 702-704

  Lincoln, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

creatine kinase; ectopic pregnancy; tubal pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029902406     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02066421     Document Type: Article

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