Letter to the Editor Open Access
Methotrexate Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy
Elliot M. Levine1,*
- 1Rosalind Franklin University, Obstetrics and Gynecology, United States
Corresponding Author
Elliot M. Levine, elliot.levine@rosalindfranklin.edu
Received Date: November 23, 2025
Accepted Date: December 03, 2025
Levine EM. Methotrexate Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy. Arch Obstet Gynecol. 2025;6(3):95.
Copyright: © Levine EM. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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