Is Ultrasound the New Gold Standard for the Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy?

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-120

  Bignardi, Tommaso ^a,b   Alhamdan, Dalya ^a,b   Condous, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Omni Gynaecological Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 40849118453     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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