Microsurgery and in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer for infertility resulting from pathological proximal tubal blockage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2613-2617

  Tomazevic T ^a   Ribic Pucelj M ^a   Omahen, A ^a   Colja, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; Microsurgery; Proximal tubal blockage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

EID: 0030455003     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019180     Document Type: Article

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