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Chinese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics(Electronic Edition) ›› 2011, Vol. 07 ›› Issue (01): 70 -73. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1673-5250.2011.01.020

Review

Progress on Pharmacotherapy of Ectopic Pregnancy

Jia-li ZHANG   

  1. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
  • Published:2011-02-01

Currently, the patients suffered from ectopic pregnancy (EP) become younger day by day, the incidence of cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) increased obviously as a result of the increase of cesarean section rate. Pharmacotherapy of ectopic pregnancy became a hot research.This article aims to make a summarize for the progress on pharmacotherapy of ectopic pregnancy and to search which method is more safety, convenient, effective, harmless and can keep future fertility.

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