Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1027-1032

  Mol, Ben W J ^a   Ankum, Willem M ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Hogerzeil, Hendricus V ^a   Hajenius, Petra J ^a   Hemrika, Douwe J ^a   Engelsbel, Simone ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ectopic pregnancy; hCG; IVF ET; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

EID: 0031435082     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00401-9     Document Type: Article

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