Uterine hyperperistalsis and dysperistalsis as dysfunctions of the mechanism of rapid sperm transport in patients with endometriosis and infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1542-1551

  Leyendecker, G ^a   Kunz, G ^a   Wildt, L ^b   Beil, D ^a   Deininger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysperistalsis; Endometriosis; Hyperperistalsis; Infertility; Sperm transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

EID: 0029832249     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019435     Document Type: Article

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