False-positive urine β-HCG in a woman with a tubo-ovarian abscess

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 407-409

  Levsky, Marc E ^a   Handler, Jonathan A ^b   Suarez, Raymond D ^b   Esrig, Elyse T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; False positive reactions; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Pregnancy test; Tubo ovarian abscess

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FAMOTIDINE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; URINALYSIS;

ABSCESS; ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0035212412     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00387-0     Document Type: Article

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