Treatment, failures and complications of ectopic pregnancy: Changes over a 20 year period

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 203-207

  Landstrom G ^a   Thorburn, J ^a   Bryman, I ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complications; Ectopic pregnancy; Second intervention; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031933086     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.203     Document Type: Article

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