Heterotopic Caesarean scar pregnancy combined with intrauterine pregnancy succesfully treated with embryo aspiration for selective embryo reduction: Case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-287

  Hsieh, Bih Chweh ^a,b   Hwang, Jiann Loung ^a,c   Pan, Hun Shan ^a   Huang, Shih Shia ^a   Chen, Chin Yu ^a   Chen, Pei Hsin ^a  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caesarean scar pregnancy; Embryo aspiration; Heterotopic pregnancy; Selective embryo reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCAR; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242296236     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh080     Document Type: Article

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