Chronic ectopic pregnancy - Two cases of acute rupture despite negative βhCG

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-254

  Brennan, Daniel F ^a,b   Kwatra, Sanjay ^a,b   Kelly, Michael ^a,b   Dunn, Michael ^a,b  

^a Orlando Regional Healthcare   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hCG; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Ectopic pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOSTOMY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033777051     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(00)00233-X     Document Type: Article

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