Reproductive outcome in patients treated by oral methotrexate or laparoscopic salpingotomy for the management of tubal ectopic pregnancy

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-92

  Dalkalitsis, N ^a   Stefos, T ^a,b   Kaponis, A ^a   Tsanadis, G ^a   Paschopoulos, M ^a   Dousias, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic salpingotomy; Methotrexate; Reproductive outcome

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SALPINGOTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REPRODUCTION; SALPINGECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 33746956908     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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