Detection of chronic endometritis at fluid hysteroscopy

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 514-518

  Cicinelli, Ettore ^a   Resta, Leonardo ^a   Nicoletti, Roberto ^a   Tartagni, Massimo ^a   Marinaccio, Marco ^a   Bulletti, Carlo ^b   Colafiglio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Rimini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic endometritis; Hysteroscopy; Micropolyps; Saline distention

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDEMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

BIOPSY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 28744433731     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2005.07.394     Document Type: Article

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