Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 102-105 , July 2002

Hemorrhagic shock from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a patient with a negative urine pregnancy test result

Received 10 April 2000 ,Revised 28 January 2002 ,Accepted 1 February 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: Michelle A. Kalinski, MD, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Emergency Department, PO Box HH, Monterey, CA 93940; 831-625-4900; E-mail michkruege@aol.com

PII: S0196-0644(02)00014-8

doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.125446

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 102-105 , July 2002

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