Evaluation of the relationship between endometrial thickness and failure of single-dose methotrexate in ectopic pregnancy

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-272

  Takacs, Peter ^a   Chakhtoura, Nahida ^a   De Santis, Timothy ^a   Verma, Usha ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Endometrial stripe; Methotrexate

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 26644470374     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-005-0009-y     Document Type: Article

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