Role of a bipolar resectoscope in subfertile women with submucous myomas and menstrual disorders

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 849-854

  Makris, Nikolaos ^a,b   Vomvolaki, Eleftheria ^a   Mantzaris, George ^a   Kalmantis, Kostas ^a   Hatzipappas, John ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopy; Infertility; Resectoscope; Submucous myoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MYOMA; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; RECTOSCOPY; REPRODUCTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36049020273     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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