Prevalence of uterine defects in habitual abortion patients attended on at a University Health Service in Brazil

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 274, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 345-348

  Guimarães Filho, Hélio Antonio ^a   Mattar, Rosiane ^a   Pires, Cláudio Rodrigues ^a   Araujo Jr , Edward ^a   Moron, Antonio F ^a   Nardozza, Luciano M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Habitual abortion; Hysteroscopy; Uterine defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; BRAZIL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; UTERUS;

EID: 33748971719     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0202-7     Document Type: Article

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