Methotrexate treatment for ectopic pregnancy at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1058-1061

  Thia, E W H ^a   Loi, K ^b   Wang, J J ^a   Siow, Anthony ^c  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Reproductive Medicine ^*

^c Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Methotrexate

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TELEPHONE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 76649110523     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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