Ectopic pregnancy diagnosis and the pseudo-sac

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1225-1228

  Ahmed, Ahmed A ^a,b   Tom, Brian D M ^a,c   Calabrese, Peter ^a,d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; logistic regression; pseudo sac

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 2342618777     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.068     Document Type: Article

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