Location of endometrial polyp and pregnancy rate in infertility patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 180-182

  Yanaihara, Atsushi ^a,b   Yorimitsu, Takeshi ^a   Motoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Iwasaki, Shinji ^b   Kawamura, Toshihiro ^a  

^a Denentoshi Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial polyp; infertility; polyp location; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; POLYPECTOMY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLYPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 45849085051     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.072     Document Type: Article

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