Comparative efficacy and safety of local and systemic methotrexate injection in cesarean scar pregnancy

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-142

  Peng, Ping ^a   Ggui, Ting ^a   Liu, Xinyan ^a   Chen, Weilin ^a   Lliu, Zhenzhen ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cesarean scar pregnancy; Local; Methotrexate injection; Systemic

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CESAREAN SCAR PREGNANCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILATION AND EVACUATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAGESTATIONAL SAC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH ULCER; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

EID: 84922055586     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/TCRM.S76050     Document Type: Article

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