Ectopic pregnancy and a sensitive test for urinary human chorionic gonadotropin.
A commercially highly sensitive test for human chorionic gonadotropin was used in daily routine to screen for ectopic pregnancy (detection threshold 75 mlU/ml). The test, when used in 120 patients with ectopic pregnancy, had a diagnostic specificity of 100%, sensitivity 96.7%, the predictive value of a positive test was 100%, and of a negative test 90%.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark.
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D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000652:urine*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin