Fertility potential of women with congenital ampullary atresia of the fallopian tube

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 431-433

  Johnston, Abigail C ^a   McComb, Peter F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ampullary atresia; Congenital anomalies; Fallopian tube disease; Female; Infertility; Salpingostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CONGENITAL AMPULLATORY ATRESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOSTOMY; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 0037304597     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04691-5     Document Type: Article

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