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Don't ignore a positive pregnancy test.
Case reports are presented on 2 patients to show the importance of following up apparently false positive results of pregnancy tests. In case 1, a 25-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with severe breathlessness in September 1987. After she had stopped using oral contraceptives (OCs) in 1985 her periods were irregular and on 4 occasions the results of pregnancy tests bought over the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.297.6656.1119