Total corporal synechiae due to tuberculosis carry a very poor prognosis following hysteroscopic synechialysis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1960-1961

  Bukulmez, Orhan ^a   Yarali, Hakan ^a   Gurgan, Timur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopic surgery; Tuberculosis; Uterine synechiae

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DOXYCYCLINE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TETRADOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0032780411     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.8.1960     Document Type: Article

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