Sonographic Evaluation of Ectopic Pregnancy

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 549-560

  Bhatt, Shweta ^a   Ghazale, Hamad ^b   Dogra, Vikram S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; OVARY PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOSTOMY; SCAR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34250698002     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2007.04.009     Document Type: Review

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