Frozen section examination of endometrial curettings in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Barak, Shlomi ^a,b   Oettinger, Moshe ^a   Perri, Alex ^a   Cohen, Hector I ^a   Barenboym, Rafael ^a   Ophir, Ella ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Frozen section; Methotrexate; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CURETTAGE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13144251152     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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