Is the rising incidence of ectopic pregnancy unexplained?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-239

  Ankum, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIASIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030000373     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.2.238     Document Type: Short Survey

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