Clinician's approach to ectopic pregnancy

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 199-222

  Emerson, Donald S ^a   McCord, Marian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADNEXA DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURETTAGE; CYST; DECIDUA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS; YOLK SAC;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030065878     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199603000-00020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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