Primary ovarian pregnancy after the empty follicle syndrome: A case report

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-424

  Qublan, Hussein ^a,b   Tahat, Yousef ^a   Al Masri, Anwar ^a  

^a Prince Rashed Hospital   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Empty follicle syndrome; IVF; Ovarian pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 45149091541     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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