Ectopic pregnancies Caesarean section scars: The 8 year experience of one medical centre

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-284

  Maymon, R ^a   Halperin, R ^a   Mendlovic, S ^a   Schneider, D ^a   Vaknin, Z ^a   Herman, A ^a   Pansky, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Case series; Methotrexate; Pregnancy in scar; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREECH EXTRACTION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROTOMY; MATERNAL CARE; PLACENTA DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242296281     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh060     Document Type: Article

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