Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy with ultrasound

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-508

  Kirk, Emma ^a,b   Bourne, Tom ^b,c  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ectopic pregnancy; pregnancy of unknown location (PUL); serum human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG); transvaginal ultrasound (TVS)

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROTROPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INCIDENCE; OVARY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; UTERUS TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 67649840458     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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