Clinical effectiveness of urinary human chorionic gonadotropin related protein (hCGRP) quantification for diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 461-467

  Lee, Jae Kwan ^a   Oh, Min Jeong ^a   Shin, Joong Sik ^b   Lee, Kyung Joo ^c   Nam, Jung Hyun ^d   Cha, Jung Hak ^d   Chang, Jin Dong ^d   Cho, Dong Hee ^b   Kang, In Soo ^b   Lee, Paul I ^e  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

^d Humasis Research Center   (South Korea)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionic Gonadotropin; Early Diagnosis; Ectopic; Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Related Protein; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 21344454233     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.3.461     Document Type: Article

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