Hysteroscopic appearance of the endometrial cavity following thermal balloon endometrial ablation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1226-1228

  Leung, Pui Ling ^a   Tam, Wing Hung ^a   Yuen, Pong Mo ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopy; Intrauterine adhesions; Thermal balloon ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOCAL ADHESION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOTTING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 0037624562     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04956-7     Document Type: Article

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