The predictive value of endometrial stripe thickness in patients with suspected ectopic pregnancy who have an empty uterus at ultrasonography

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 602-608

  Dart, Robert G ^a,b   Dart, Linda ^a   Mitchell, Patricia ^a   Berty, Clara ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ectopic pregnancy; Endometrial stripe; Intrauterine pregnancy; Tubal pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033060712     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00413.x     Document Type: Article

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