Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 106-109 , July 2002

Interstitial pregnancy: A potential for misdiagnosis of ectopic pregnancy with emergency department ultrasonography

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☆ Address for reprints: Christopher DeWitt, MD, Denver Health Medical Center Residency in Emergency Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204; 303-436-7142, fax 303-436-7541; E-mail cdewitt01@hotmail.com

PII: S0196-0644(02)00015-X

doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.125426

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 106-109 , July 2002

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