Diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7811, 2011, Pages

  Jurkovic, Davor ^a   Wilkinson, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRACEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84858998688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d3397     Document Type: Review

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