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Abstract
A potentially life-threatening condition in which EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs outside the cavity of the UTERUS. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the FALLOPIAN TUBES, known as TUBAL PREGNANCY. They can be in other locations, such as UTERINE CERVIX; OVARY; and abdominal cavity (PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL).
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- Pregnancy, Ectopic
- Pregnancy, Extrauterine
- Ectopic Pregnancies
- Extrauterine Pregnancies
- Extrauterine Pregnancy
- Cervical Pregnancy
- Cervico Isthmic Pregnancy
- Cervical Pregnancies
- Cervico Isthmic Pregnancies
- Pregnancy, Cervical
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HETEROTOPIC is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ectopic Pregnancy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011271. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011271
- Ectopic Pregnancy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectopic_pregnancy
- Ectopic Pregnancy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207087