Laparoscopic findings in female genital tuberculosis

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 278, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-364

  Sharma, Jai Bhagwan ^a,b   Roy, Kallol K ^a   Pushparaj, M ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Malhotra, N ^a   Mittal, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b AI/161 Azad Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; Directly observed treatment short course (DOTS); Female genital tuberculosis; Infertility; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 50249161497     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0586-7     Document Type: Article

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