Medical management of ectopic pregnancy

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 382-386

  Namnoum, Anne Brawner ^a  

^a Division of Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; DACTINOMYCIN; GLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SULPROSTONE;

DRUG INDICATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; HEART DISEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SALPINGOSTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMETABOLITES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 0031861722     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199806000-00019     Document Type: Review

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