Pelvic factor infertility: Diagnosis and prognosis of various procedures

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1127, Issue , 2008, Pages 73-82

  Bulletti, Carlo ^a   Panzini, I ^b   Borini, A ^c   Coccia, E ^d   Setti, Paolo Levi ^e   Palagiano, Antonio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Polo Scientifico Didattico of Rimini   (Italy)

^c Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Hysterosalpingography; Hysterosalpingosonography; Hysteroscopy; Laparoscopy; Pelvic factor; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Sonohysterosalpingography; Sterility; Tubal occlusion; Tubal patency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGICAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOSONOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

EID: 42449092469     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1434.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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