Intrauterine adhesions

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Berman, Jay M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asherman's syndrome; Intrauterine adhesions (IUAs); Intrauterine synechiae (IUS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DOXYCYCLINE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADD ON THERAPY; AMENORRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BALLOON CATHETER; CURETTAGE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; HYSTEROTOMY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYOMECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SCAR; STENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

ADHESIONS; FEMALE; GYNATRESIA; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 50249154391     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1082393     Document Type: Review

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