Asherman syndrome-one century later

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 759-779

  Yu, Dan ^a,b   Wong, Yat May ^c   Cheong, Ying ^b   Xia, Enlan ^a   Li, Tin Chiu ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Kular Lumpar ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

amenorrhea; Asherman syndrome; hysteroscopic adhesiolysis; hysteroscopy; infertility; Intrauterine adhesion; synechia

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; HYALURONIC ACID; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURETTAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; HYSTEROTOMY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS RUPTURE; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADHESIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GYNATRESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; HYSTEROTOMY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS;

EID: 41749104249     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.096     Document Type: Review

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