Is there a need to definitively diagnose the location of a pregnancy of unknown location? the case for "no"

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1085-1090

  Reid, Shannon ^a   Condous, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OF UNKNOWN LOCATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867722835     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.09.032     Document Type: Review

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