An unusual case of persistently elevated hCG in the absence of pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-172

  Das, S ^a,b   Hancock, B W ^a   Powell, M C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; BLOCK CODES; DECODING; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SIGNAL ENCODING;

CODING GAIN; PEAK-TO-MINIMUM POWER RATIO; SPACE-TIME BLOCK CODE;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 32944470828     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500460182     Document Type: Article

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