Evacuation of the cervix after methotrexate administration in the treatment of cervical pregnancy: Five cases

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-492

  Grimbizis, Grigoris F ^a   Chatzigeorgiou, Kostantinos ^a   Tsalikis, Tryfon ^a   Athanasiadis, Apostolos ^a   Theodoridis, Theodoros ^a   Bontis, John N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical pregnancy; Curettage; Evacuation; Methotrexate

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CURETTAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; STOMATITIS; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UTERINE CERVIX PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 33645772689     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62003-2     Document Type: Article

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