Functions of the cervix uteri for fertility;Funktionen der Cervix uteri fur die Fertilitat

Gynakologe

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-68

  Eggert Kruse, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0031045657     PISSN: 00175994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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