Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy in a patient with multiple prior cesarean sections a case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-254

  Kiley, Jessica ^a,b   Shulman, Lee P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean scar pregnancy; Cesarean section; Ectopic gestation; Methotrexate; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLINIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 66949129388     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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