Comparison of clinical and laparascopic features of infertile women suffering from genital tuberculosis (TB) or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) or endometriosis

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 393-399

  Avan, B I ^a   Fatmi, Z ^a   Rashid, S ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PAKISTAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 0035522459     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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