Endometrial osseous metaplasia: an evolving cause of secondary infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2013.e9-2013.e11

  Onderoglu, Lutfu Sabri ^a   Yarali, Hakan ^a   Gultekin, Murat ^b   Katlan, Doruk ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cankiri Government Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial ossification; osseous metaplasia; secondary infertility

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL OSSEOUS METAPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MULTIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 55149107438     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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