Clinical value of creatinine kinase in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 80-83

  Vitoratos, N ^a   Gregoriou, O ^a   Papadias, C ^a   Konidaris, S ^a   Kalogirou, D ^a   Kalampokis, D ^a   Chryssikopoulos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Creatinine kinase; Ectopic pregnancy; Normal pregnancy; Threatened abortion

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENZYMES; ENZYMES AND ENZYME INHIBITORS; EUROPE; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GREECE; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STUDIES;

ABORTION, THREATENED; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 0031656986     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010006     Document Type: Article

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