Successful treatment of cornual pregnancy by local injection of methotrexate under laparoscopic and transvaginal ultrasonographic guidance

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-66

  Batioğlu, Sertaç ^a   Haberal, Ali ^b   Yeşilyurt, Hüseyin ^a   Ekicia, Eyüp ^a  

^a DR ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Social Security Institution   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cornual pregnancy; Methotrexate; Transvaginal puncture

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 1842289749     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291413     Document Type: Article

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