Conservative treatment by angiographic uterine artery embolization of a 12 week cervical ectopic pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1118-1121

  Nappi, C ^a   D'Elia, A ^a   Di Carlo, C ^a   Giordano, E ^a   De Placido, G ^a   Iaccarino, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical pregnancy; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CURETTAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0032916489     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.4.1118     Document Type: Article

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