Ectopic pregnancy following levonorgestrel emergency contraception: a case report

Contraception

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-157

  Ghosh, Bhaswati ^a   Dadhwal, Vatsla ^a   Deka, Deepika ^a   Ramesan, Chiyancheri Koroth ^a   Mittal, Suneeta ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Emergency contraception; Levonorgestrel

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LEVONORGESTREL; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INDIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY TEST; SALPINGECTOMY; SPOTTING; TACHYCARDIA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL, SYNTHETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL;

EID: 58149157928     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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