Ultrasonographic Endometrial Features in Tubal Pregnancy: Are They Predictive Factors of Successful Medical Treatment?

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 714-719

  Lim, Ji Eun ^a   Kim, Tak ^a   Lee, Nak Woo ^a   Oh, Min Jeong ^b   Seol, Hyun Joo ^a   Jung, Nan Hee ^a   Park, Sung Hoon ^a   Jung, So Eun ^a   Park, Il Hae ^a   Kim, Hai Joong ^a  

^a Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endometrial pattern; Medical treatment; Transvaginal ultrasonography; Tubal pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ENDOMETRIAL PATTERN; MEDICAL TREATMENT; METHOTREXATE (MTX); PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTROGEN; METHOTREXATE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34247471683     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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