Intrauterine nitric oxide in pelvic inflammatory disease

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 948-952

  Sioutas, Angelos ^a   Ehrén, Ingrid ^b   Lundberg, Jon O ^a   Wiklund, N Peter ^b   Gemzell Danielsson, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

endometritis; nitric oxide; pelvic inflammatory disease; PID; salpingitis

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 41749109597     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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