Female genital malformations and their associated abnormalities

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-342

  Oppelt, Peter ^a   von Have, Meike ^a   Paulsen, Mareike ^a   Strissel, Pamela L ^a   Strick, Reiner ^a   Brucker, Sara ^b   Wallwiener, Diethelm ^b   Beckmann, Matthias W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

genital malformation; MRKH syndrome; Uterine malformation; vaginal malformation; VCUAM classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 33846586053     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1501     Document Type: Article

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