IVF and tubal pathology - Not all bad news

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-288

  Johnson, Neil P ^a   Sadler, Lynn ^a   Merrilees, Margaret ^a  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 0036668977     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-8666.2002.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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