A review of 33 years (1980-2013) of data indicating a rise in ectopic pregnancy in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-35

  Al Turki, Haifa A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84916899667     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.07.037     Document Type: Article

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