Ambulatory diagnosis and medical management of ectopic pregnancy in a public teaching hospital serving indigent women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1541-1550

  Nelson, Anita L ^a   Adams, Yarameekah ^a   Nelson, LeRoy E ^a   LaHue, Anne K ^a   Lentz, Gretchen ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mail Stop 474 ^*

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Ectopic pregnancy; Hospital outpatient clinics; Methotrexate

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038677112     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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