Race, socioeconomic status, and response to methotrexate treatment of ectopic pregnancy in an urban population

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2789-2792

  Butts, Samantha F ^a,b   Gibson, Erika ^a   Sammel, Mary D ^b   Shaunik, Alka ^a   Rudick, Brianna ^c   Barnhart, Kurt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; Ectopic pregnancy; health disparity; methotrexate; race; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URBAN POPULATION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650186812     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.062     Document Type: Article

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