Ectopic pregnancy: An update

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-293

  Sowter, Martin C ^a   Farquhar, Cindy M ^a  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ectopic pregnancy; Methotrexate; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; FIBRONECTIN; FOLINIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; MIFEPRISTONE; MYOSIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PROGESTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; ABORTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FERTILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGECTOMY; SALPINGOSTOMY; SCREENING; SIDE EFFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; VAGINA;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROGESTERONE; SALPINGOSTOMY; VAGINA;

EID: 14644392944     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000136494.49334.6b     Document Type: Review

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