Should endometrial biopsy be a routine investigation for recurrent early-pregnancy loss?

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 397-399

  Badawy, Ahmed M ^a   El Gharib, Mohamed E ^a   Zalata, Khalid ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Endometrial histology; Recurrent abortion

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARCUATE UTERUS; ARTICLE; COMPLETE SEPTUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCOMPLETE UTERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

EID: 28744451058     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: 13652508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2508.2002.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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