The potential of preoperative β-hCG and progesterone levels to predict failure of laparoscopic linear salpingostomy in ectopic pregnancies

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 460-463

  Tews, Gernot ^a   Ebner, Thomas ^a   Yaman, Cemil ^a   Pölz, Werner ^b   Sommergruber, Michael ^a   Hartl, Johannes ^a  

^a Women's General Hospital Linz   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PROGESTERONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALPINGOSTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; UTERUS BLEEDING; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SALPINGOSTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036827140     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)60519-1     Document Type: Article

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