On the look out for a rarity—interstitial/cornual pregnancy

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-150

  Kun, Wai Man ^a   Tung, Wai Kit ^a  

^a Kwong Wah Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Interstitial (cornual) pregnancy; Keywords; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 0035377734     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200106000-00012     Document Type: Article

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