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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Jan 1977
The significance of human chorionic gonadotropin in blood serum for the early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy.
- A Milwidsky, A Adoni, Z Palti, M Stark, and S Segal.
- Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1977 Jan 1; 56 (1): 19-21.
AbstractDetermination of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) values in the serum by the radioimmunoassay technique, was performed in 23 women with suspected ectopic pregnancies. In 16 cases the values of HCG were high and the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy was verified by laparoscopy and laparotomy. In 7 cases low HCG values were found and ectopic pregnancy was excluded. The detection of HCG in the serum was found to be an excellent tool for the early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy, thus helping to prevent the dangerous sequelae which follow the late diagnosis of this condition.
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