Ultrasound-guided injection of ectopic pregnancy

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-47

  Natofsky, Jeryl G ^a   Lense, Jorge ^a   Mayer, James C ^a   Yeko, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE;

DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SALPINGOSTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033375236     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199903000-00008     Document Type: Review

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