Progesterone as a predictor of ectopic pregnancy when the ultrasound is indeterminate

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 575-579

  Dart, Robert ^a   Ramanujam, Prasanthi ^a   Dart, Linda ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ectopic pregnancy; Progesterone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PROGESTERONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0036852785     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.35460     Document Type: Article

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