Fertility and Sterility
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 881-886 , November 2000

Recent declining trend in ectopic pregnancy in France: evidence of two clinicoepidemiologic entities

  • Joël Coste, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • INSERM Unité 292, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre; Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Joël Coste, M.D., Ph.D., INSERM Unité 292, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France (FAX: 33-1-43-29-38-60
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  • Jean Bouyer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • INSERM Unité 292, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre; Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • ,
  • Elisabeth Germain

      Affiliations

    • Service d’Epidémiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • ,
  • Sylvie Ughetto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service d’Epidémiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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  • Jean-Luc Pouly, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Maternité, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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  • Nadine Job-Spira, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • INSERM Unité 292, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre; Clermont-Ferrand, France

Received 10 February 2000 ,Accepted 23 May 2000.

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☆ Supported by a grant from the Ministry of Health (Direction Générale de la Santé) and a grant from INSERM.

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Fertility and Sterility
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