Acute and chronic presentation of ectopic pregnancy may be two clinical entities

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1345-1351

  Barnhart, Kurt T ^a   Rinaudo, Paolo ^a   Hummel, Amy ^a   Pena, Joseph ^a,b   Sammel, Mary D ^a   Chittams, Jesse ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ectopic; Chronic ectopic; Ectopic pregnancy; hCG

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0346850005     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.04.003     Document Type: Article

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