Genital tuberculosis: A leading cause for infertility in women seeking assisted conception in North India

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 278, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Singh, Neeta ^a   Sumana, Gurunath ^a,b   Mittal, Suneeta ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b AV Nagar   (India)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Genital tuberculosis; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INDIA; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 50249147355     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0590-y     Document Type: Article

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