Ovarian pregnancy: Report of four cases and review of the literature

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 806-809

  Itoh, Hiroshi ^a   Ishihara, Akira ^b   Koita, Hiroyuki ^b   Hatakeyama, Kinta ^a   Seguchi, Tomoko ^a   Akiyama, Yutaka ^a   Kataoka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Nobeoka Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Intrauterine contraceptive device; Ovarian pregnancy; Ovary; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0345376171     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01554.x     Document Type: Review

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