Pregnancies of unknown location

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-499

  Kirk, Emma ^a,b   Condous, George ^c   Bourne, Tom ^b,d  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ectopic pregnancy; pregnancy of unknown location; serum human chorionic gonadotrophin; serum progesterone; transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LACTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MATERNAL CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PRENATAL CARE; PROGESTERONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 67649990058     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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