Heterotopic pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Talbot, K ^a   Simpson, R ^a   Price, N ^a   Jackson, S R ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; heterotopic pregnancy; literature; management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALPINGECTOMY; SALPINGOSTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 79551513201     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2010.522749     Document Type: Review

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