Successful medical treatment of cesarean scar ectopic pregnancies with systemic multidose methotrexate: Single-center experience

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1700-1706

  Kutuk, Mehmet Serdar ^a   Uysal, Gulsum ^a   Dolanbay, Mehmet ^a   Ozgun, Mahmut Tuncay ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cesarean scar pregnancy; ectopic pregnancy; methotrexate; scar ectopic; systemic

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SCAR ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPOTTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; SCAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901833612     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12414     Document Type: Article

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