Osseous metaplasia of the endometrium: A rare cause of infertility and its hysteroscopic management

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2537-2539

  Bahçeci, Mustafa ^a,b   Demirel, L Cem ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Hysteroscopy; Infertility; Osseous metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INDUCED ABORTION;

EID: 0030443790     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019154     Document Type: Article

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