Controversies in the management of ectopic pregnancy

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 396-402

  Cheong, Ying ^a   Li, T C ^a  

^a Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Methotrexate treatment; Salpingectomy; Salpingotomy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

ALOPECIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATITIS; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; OVARY FUNCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURISY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SALPINGECTOMY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

EID: 35248900042     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60364-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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