Oviduct contractile response to vaginal distension: Identification of vagino-tubal reflex

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-151

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a   El Sebai, Olfat ^b   Shafik, Ali A ^a   Shafik, Ismail ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coitus; Oviduct pathology; Ovum transport; Penile thrusting; Sexual intercourse; Sperm ovum fertilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVIDUCT; PRESSURE; REFLEX; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; VAGINA;

COITUS; DILATATION; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVUM TRANSPORT; REFLEX; VAGINA;

EID: 16444363507     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0687-x     Document Type: Article

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