A six-year audit of the management of ectopic pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 538-542

  Cooray, Hashira ^a   Harilall, Mahesh ^b   Farquhar, C M ^b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MONITORING; NEW ZEALAND; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036853756     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-8666.2002.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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