Cornual heterotopic pregnancy: Contemporary management options

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1264-1270

  Habana, Antonia ^a   Dokras, Anuja ^a   Giraldo, Juan L ^a   Jones, Ervin E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Cornual pregnancy; Heterotopic pregnancy; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS HORN;

EID: 0034041381     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.103620     Document Type: Article

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