Ectopic pregnancy: From surgical emergency to medical management

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 943, Issue , 2001, Pages 235-254

  Luciano, Anthony A ^a,c,d   Roy, Gerard ^a   Solima, Eugenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Laparotomy; Methotrexate; Operative laparoscopy; Salpingectomy; Salpingostomy; Vaginal probe ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; SALPINGECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034803558     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03805.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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