Spontaneous interstitial pregnancy on a tubal stump after unilateral adenectomy followed by transvaginal colour Doppler ultrasound

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1723-1726

  Bernardini, Luca ^a   Valenzano, Mario ^a   Foglia, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler; Ectopic; Interstitial pregnancy; Systemic methotrexate

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OUTPATIENT CARE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031805929     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.6.1723     Document Type: Article

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