Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 350.e5-350.e7 , June 2010

Is ectopic pregnancy possible after hysterectomy?

  • Savita Bansal, D.M.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Savita Bansal, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (FAX: 0135-2471317).
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  • Manju Saini, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
    • ,
  • Meena Harsh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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  • Amrita Kaur, M.B.B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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  • Jaya Chaturvedi, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Received 10 September 2009 ,Revised 8 December 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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 S.B. has nothing to disclose. M.S. has nothing to disclose. M.H. has nothing to disclose. A.K. has nothing to disclose. J.C. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)04325-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.066

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 350.e5-350.e7 , June 2010

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