Conservative management of ectopic pregnancy with fetal cardiac activity by combined local (sonographically guided) and systemic injection of methotrexate

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 148-151

  Halperin, Reuvit ^a   Vaknin, Zvika ^b   Schneider, David ^b   Yaron, Michal ^b   Herman, Arie ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Fetal cardiac activity; Local injection; Methotrexate; Systemic injection

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KINETICS; LENGTH OF STAY; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242383180     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073774     Document Type: Article

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