Conservative management of cesarean scar pregnancy with sonographically guided transvaginal methotrexate injection

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1061-1063

  Brasic, Natasha ^a   Warden, Meredith ^a   Vargas, Juan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; SCAR;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84878937819     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.6.1061     Document Type: Letter

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