Unruptured tubal pregnancy: Different treatments for early and late diagnosis

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 321-324

  Elito Jr , Julio ^a,b   Camano, Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Chorionic gonadotropin; Ectopic pregnancy; Methotrexate; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; TIME; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; UTERUS SURGERY; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; AMENORRHEA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33947149177     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802006000600004     Document Type: Article

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