Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1657-1661 , May 2009

The value of vascular endothelial growth factor, pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A, and progesterone for early differentiation of ectopic pregnancies, normal intrauterine pregnancies, and spontaneous miscarriages

Received 9 June 2007 ,Revised 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 4 February 2008.

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 E.N.U. has nothing to disclose. G.O. has nothing to disclose. A.K. has nothing to disclose. E.Z. has nothing to disclose. A.A. has nothing to disclose. M.U. has nothing to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.002

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1657-1661 , May 2009

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