Uterine artery embolization - A successful treatment to control bleeding cervical pregnancy with a simultaneous intrauterine gestation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 553-555

  Honey, L ^a   Leader, A ^a   Claman, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial embolization; Cervical pregnancy; Heterotopic pregnancy; Selective fetal reduction

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0033015486     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.2.553     Document Type: Article

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