Transvaginal uterine cervical dilation with fluoroscopic guidance: Preliminary results in patients with infertility

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 497-503

  Dickey, Kevin W ^a   Zreik, Tony G ^a   Hsia, Henry C ^a   Eschelman, David J ^a,b   Keefe, David L ^a   Olive, David L ^a   Pollak, Jeffrey S ^a   Rosenblatt, Melvin ^a   Glickman, Morton G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallopian tubes, interventional procedure; Pelvic organs, interventional procedure; Sterility; Uterus, abnormalities; Uterus, radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STENOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 0029895755     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.2.8685347     Document Type: Article

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