Serum activin A does not predict ectopic pregnancy as a single measurement test, alone or as part of a multi-marker panel including progesterone and hCG

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 707-711

  Warrick, Joshua ^a   Gronowski, Ann ^a   Moffett, Courtney ^b   Zhao, Quihong ^a   Bishop, Emily ^b   Woodworth, Alison ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin A; Diagnostic accuracy; Ectopic pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ACTIVINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84857640697     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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