Caesarean scar pregnancy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-263

  Ash, A ^a,b   Smith, A ^a   Maxwell, D ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarean hysterectomy; Caesarean scar pregnancy; Maternal morbidity; Placenta accreta; Uterine rupture

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLINATE CALCIUM; FOLINIC ACID; GLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE; MIFEPRISTONE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TRICHOSANTHIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ALOPECIA; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SCAR PREGNANCY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABSORPTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STOMATITIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PRENATAL CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 33846982868     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01237.x     Document Type: Review

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