Advances in the assessment of the uterus and fallopian tube function

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-209

  Watrelot, Antoine ^a,b   Hamilton, Judith ^c   Grudzinskas, J G ^b,d  

^a CRES (Ctr Res d'Etude la Steril)   (France)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Bridge Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fallopian tube; Fertiloscopy; Hydrolaparoscopy; Hysteroscopy; Laparoscopy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DYE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; EMLA; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NORMACOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILOSCOPY; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPERATOR; OUTPATIENT CARE; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS FUNCTION; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0038442706     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6934(02)00131-1     Document Type: Review

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