Pre- and post-treatment patterns of human chorionic gonadotropin for early detection of persistence after a single dose of methotrexate for ectopic pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-92

  Natale, Andrea ^a   Candiani, Massimo ^a   Barbieri, Maurizio ^a   Calia, Chantal ^a   Odorizzi, Maria P ^a   Busacca, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; HCG; Methotrexate; Persistence

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 5044220303     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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