Serum creatine kinase is not a reliable indicator of ectopic pregnancy

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 300-303

  Kurzel, Richard B ^a   Mazdisnian, Fariborz ^a   Paige, Sophia ^a   Liu, Paul ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Enzymes; Serum markers

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE TUBE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MM FORM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LINEAR MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035497877     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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