Management of hydrosalpinx: Reconstructive surgery or IVF?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 900, Issue , 2000, Pages 260-271

  Bontis, John N ^a   Dinas, Konstantinos D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREGNANCY RATE; SALPINGOSTOMY;

HYDROSALPINX;

EID: 0034101661     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06238.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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