Bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy: Diagnostic pitfalls

British Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-58

  De Graaf Mrcog, F L ^a,b   Demetroulis, C ^a  

^a NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCEPTION; DYSURIA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; SALPINGOSTOMY;

EID: 0030965571     PISSN: 00070947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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