Obstructive anomalies of the female reproductive tract

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-240

  Breech, Lesley L ^a   Laufer, Marc R ^b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent medicine; Child; Congenital defects; Pelvic pain; Vaginal agenesis

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HYMEN; MENSTRUATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINA APLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMEN; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0032922806     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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