Is there an association between septate uterus and endometriosis?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 542-544

  Nawroth, Frank ^a   Rahimi, Gohar ^b   Nawroth, Claudia ^b   Foth, Dolores ^b   Ludwig, Michael ^a   Schmidt, Torsten ^b  

^a ENDOKRINOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Infertility; M llerian anomaly; Septate uterus; Uterine malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

EID: 31544463012     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei344     Document Type: Article

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