Retrograde migration of glove in the human female genital tract

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 991-995

  Sjösten, Annette C E ^a   Ellis, H ^b   Edelstam, G A B ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female; Gloves; Retrograde migration; Starch particles; Vaginal examination

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GLOVE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL FLUID; POWDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 1842584870     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh156     Document Type: Article

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