Different placentation patterns in viable compared with nonviable tubal pregnancy suggest a divergent clinical management

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 615-620

  Kemp, Birgit ^a   Kertschanska, Sonja ^a   Handt, Stefan ^a   Funk, Andreas ^a   Kaufmann, Peter ^a   Rath, Werner ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Ectopic pregnancy; Implantation site; Trophoblast invasion; Tubal abortion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NIDATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0032866788     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70501-6     Document Type: Article

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