Management of suspected ectopic pregnancy: Impact of new diagnostic tools in 686 consecutive cases

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 724-728

  Ankum, Willem M ^a,b   Hajenius, Petra J ^a   Schrevel, Lisan S ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gonadotropins, chorionic human; laparoscopy; pregnancy, ectopic; ultrasonography; vaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

EID: 0029911042     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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