Abnormal uterine contractility in nonpregnant women

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 828, Issue , 1997, Pages 223-229

  Bulletti, Carlo ^a   De Ziegler, Dominique ^b   Rossi, Stefania ^a   Polli, Valeria ^a   Massoneau, Marc ^b   Rossi, Elisa ^a   Albonetti, Alessia ^a   Negrini, Valeria ^a   Flamigni, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Columbia Laboratories ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT ABORTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0030825862     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48543.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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