The forgotten child - A case of heterotopic, intra-abdominal and intrauterine pregnancy carried to term

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1372-1374

  Ludwig, M ^a   Kaisi, M ^b   Bauer, O ^a   Diedrich, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Abdominal pregnancy; Ectopic pregnancy; Heterotopic pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FETUS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY TUMOR; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

EID: 0032929603     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.5.1372     Document Type: Article

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