Conservative treatment using a methotrexate-lipiodol emulsion containing non-ionic contrast medium for a cervical ectopic pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2826-2829

  Nomiyama, Mari ^a   Arima, Kaoru ^a   Iwasaka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Matsunaga, Hisashi ^a   Kato, Akira ^a   Sugimori, Hajime ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical pregnancy; Ectopic pregnancy; Embolization; Iopamidol; Methotrexate lipiodol emulsion

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; IOPAMIDOL; METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISSOLUTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMULSION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0031463849     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.12.2826     Document Type: Article

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