Heterotopic pregnancy presenting as an acute abdomen: A diagnostic masquerader

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-308

  Mistry, Bhargav M ^a   Balasubramaniam, Sanjeeve ^a   Silverman, Ralph ^a   Sakabu, Stanley A ^b   Troop, Bryan R ^b  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SALPINGECTOMY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREGNANCY, TUBAL;

EID: 0034029124     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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