Bilateral uterine artery chemoembolization with methotrexate for cesarean scar pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 386.e1-386.e6

  Shen, Licong ^a   Tan, Aixiang ^a   Zhu, Huili ^a   Guo, Chun ^a   Liu, Dong ^a   Huang, Wei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cesarean scar pregnancy; methotrexate; uterine artery chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868017349     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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