Management of cervical pregnancy: Risk factors for failed systemic methotrexate

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-186

  Hidalgo, Luis A ^a   Peñafiel, Jaime ^a   Chedraui, Peter A ^a,b  

^a High Risk Pregnancy Unit   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Cervical pregnancy; Conservative treatment; Methotrexate; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CURETTAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX PREGNANCY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4544252046     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.034     Document Type: Article

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