Ectopic pregnancy: Forget the "classic presentation" if you want to catch it sooner

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 388-395

  Ramakrishnan, Kalyanakrishnan ^a   Scheid, Dewey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALGORITHM; AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERITONEUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646714096     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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