Single dose methotrexate for treatment of ectopic pregnancy: Risk factors for treatment failure

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Eskandar, Mamdoh A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Embryonic sac size; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Methotrexate; Tubal rupture

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 36148943506     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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