Combined use of uterine artery embolization and local methotrexate injection in interstitial ectopic pregnancies with poor prognosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1348.e1-1348.e4

  Tamarit, Gemma ^a   Lonjedo, Elena ^a   González, Miguel ^a   Tamarit, Sílvia ^a   Domingo, Santiago ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intersticial pregnancy; methotrexate; uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS HORN;

EID: 77049105112     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.087     Document Type: Article

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