Pregnancies of unknown location: Consensus statement

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-122

  Condous, G ^a   Timmerman, D ^b   Goldstein, S ^c   Valentin, L ^d   Jurkovic, D ^e   Bourne, T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONSENSUS; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PRENATAL CARE; PROGESTERONE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33747621646     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2838     Document Type: Editorial

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