Serum biochemistry correlates with the size of tubal ectopic pregnancy on sonography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 826-830

  Guven, E S Guvendag ^a,c   Dilbaz, S ^a   Dilbaz, B ^a   Guven, S ^b   Ozdemir, D Sahin ^a   Haberal, A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CA 125; Ectopic pregnancy; Estradiol; hCG; Progesterone; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751251364     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3822     Document Type: Article

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