Congenital malformations of the genital tract and their management

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-40

  Edmonds, D Keith ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical atresia; Congenital absence of the vagina; Haematocolpos; Haematometra; Vaginal anomalies; Vaginal obstruction; Vulval abnormalities

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA ATRESIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VULVA DISEASE;

EID: 0038756151     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ybeog.2003.0356     Document Type: Review

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