Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Isoforms in the Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2045-2049

  Borrelli, Paola T A ^a,b   Butler, Stephen A ^a,c   Docherty, Suzanne M ^a,d   Staite, Edyta M ^a   Borrelli, Antonio L ^b   Iles, Ray K ^a,d,e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Diagnostica Medica   (Italy)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0344083651     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.022095     Document Type: Article

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