Diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy

American Family Physician

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-40

  Barash, Joshua H ^a   Buchanan, Edward M ^a   Hillson, Christina ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CREATININE; METHOTREXATE; PROGESTERONE; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLOPECIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SALPINGOSTOMY; STOMACH PAIN; STOMATITIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING; BLOOD; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 84903628970     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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