The prevalence of fimbrial pathology in patients with early stages of endometriosis

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-53

  Abuzeid, Mostafa I ^a,b,c   Mitwally, Mohamed F ^d   Ahmed, Abeer I ^a   Formentini, Elizabeth ^a   Ashraf, Mohammad ^a,b,c   Abuzeid, Omar M ^b   Diamond, Michael P ^d  

^a HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IVF Michigan   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stages of endometriosis; Fimbrial pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PHIMOSIS; PREVALENCE;

COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846017331     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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