Pregnancy of unknown location: A consensus statement of nomenclature, definitions, and outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 857-866

  Barnhart, Kurt ^a   Van Mello, Norah M ^b   Bourne, Tom ^c,d   Kirk, Emma ^c   Van Calster, Ben ^e   Bottomley, Cecilia ^c   Chung, Karine ^f   Condous, George ^g   Goldstein, Steven ^h   Hajenius, Petra J ^b   Mol, Ben Willem ^b   Molinaro, Thomas ^a,b   O'Flynn O'Brien, Katherine L ^a   Husicka, Richard ⁱ   Sammel, Mary ^a   Timmerman, Dirk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ectopic pregnancy; international consensus; Nomenclature; pregnancy of unknown location

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OF UNKNOWN LOCATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79951947073     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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