Uterotubal transport disorder in adenomyosis and endometriosis - A cause for infertility

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 902-908

  Kissler, S ^a   Hamscho, N ^a   Zangos, S ^a   Wiegratz, I ^a   Schlichter, S ^a   Menzel, C ^a   Doebert, N ^a   Gruenwald, F ^a   Vogl, T J ^a   Gaetje, R ^a   Rody, A ^a   Siebzehnruebl, E ^a   Kunz, G ^a   Leyendecker, G ^a   Kaufmann, M ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Endometriosis; Hysterosalpingoscintigraphy; Infertility; Magnetic resonance imaging; Uterotubal transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTEROTUBAL TRANSPORT DISORDER;

ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746119140     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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