Fallopian tube torsion: Laparoscopic evaluation and treatment of a rare gynecological entity

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 274-277

  Krissi, Haim ^b   Shalev, Josef ^b   Bar Hava, Itai ^b   Langer, Rami ^b   Herman, Arie ^b   Kaplan, Boris ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TORSION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; TORSION;

EID: 0035406896     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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