Successful conservative treatment of a 14-week gestational age cervical pregnancy by primary local injection of single-dose intra-amniotic methotrexate and intracardiac potassium chloride feticide

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 368-370

  Jeng, Cherng Jye ^a,b   Lou, Chan Nan ^a   Tzeng, Chii Ruey ^b   Yang, Yuh Cheng ^b,c  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Feticide; Methotrexate; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING; AMNION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; AMNION; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 33645456017     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340500500444     Document Type: Article

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