Beyond recanalizing proximal tubal occlusion: The argument for further diagnosis and classification

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 986-991

  Wiedemann, R ^a   Sterzik, K ^b   Gombisch, V ^a   Stuckensen, J ^a   Montag, M ^a,c  

^a IVF Centre   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falloposcopy; GnRH analogues; Proximal tubal occlusion; Type of occlusion

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; NAFARELIN ACETATE; BUSERELIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FIBROSIS; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; POLYP; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGITIS; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

BUSERELIN; CATHETERIZATION; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MENOTROPINS; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029666475     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019336     Document Type: Article

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