Proximal tubal obstruction - Is there a best way to treat it?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1828-1831

  Hepp, Hermann ^a   Korell, Matthias ^a   Strowitzki, Thomas ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

CATHETERIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY RATE; SHORT SURVEY; STAINING; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

EID: 0029848976     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019498     Document Type: Short Survey

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