Do levels of serum cancer antigen 125 and creatine kinase predict the outcome in pregnancies of unknown location?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3348-3354

  Condous, G ^a   Kirk, E ^a   Syed, A ^a   Van Calster, B ^b   Van Huffel, S ^b   Timmerman, D ^c   Bourne, T ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer antigen 125; Creatine kinase; Ectopic pregnancy; Pregnancy of unknown location; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 27844542856     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei227     Document Type: Article

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