Acute elevation of plasma D-dimer levels associated with rupture of an ovarian endometriotic cyst: Case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 338-341

  Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Kosaka, Kenzo ^a   Hamanishi, Shozo ^a   Hiraka, Junko ^a   Higuchi, Toshihiro ^a   Tatsumi, Keiji ^a   Yoshioka, Shinya ^a   Fujii, Shingo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

D dimer; Endometriotic cyst; Fibrinogen; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; PIPERACILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYSTECTOMY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OVARY CYST; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEUM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STROMA; THROMBOCYTE; UTERUS;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0037328810     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg076     Document Type: Article

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