A medical management of interstitial ectopic pregnancy: A 5-year clinical study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-111

  Tang, Amy ^a   Baartz, David ^a   Khoo, Soo Keat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cornual ectopic pregnancy; Folinic acid; Interstitial pregnancy; Intravenous methotrexate; Medical management

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; ONDANSETRON;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERSTITIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THERAPY EFFECT; UTERINE TUBE; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUCOVORIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERNAL AGE; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33645372562     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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