Serum creatine kinase does not predict ectopic pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 916-921

  Vandermolen, D T ^a   Borzelleca, J F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; ectopic pregnancy; receiver operator characteristic

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029915416     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58260-0     Document Type: Article

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