The assessment of tubal functional status by tubal perfusion pressure measurements

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 429-433

  Karande, Vishvanath C ^a   Pratt, Donna E ^a   Gleicher, Norbert ^a  

^a Chicago Center for Human Reproduction   (United States)

Author keywords

Selective salpingography; Tuba perfusion pressures; Tubal catheterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE;

FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE;

EID: 0030464685     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/2.5.429     Document Type: Article

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