Heterotopic abdominal pregnancy with persistent trophoblastic tissue

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 551-553

  Georgiou, Ektoras X ^a   Domoney, Claudine ^a   Savage, Philip ^b   Stafford, Michael ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal pregnancy; Heterotopic pregnancy; in vitro fertilization; methotrexate

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENTERY; NIDATION; OMENTUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TROPHOBLAST;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 79955073977     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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