Does the fimbria have an embryologic origin distinct from that of the rest of the fallopian tube?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2008.e5-2008.e8

  Garrett, Leslie A ^a   Vargas, Sara O ^a   Drapkin, Ronny ^b   Laufer, Marc R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital fallopian tube atresia; embryology; Fallopian tube; fimbria; m llerian anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBE ATRESIA; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROSALPINX; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGECTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 55149122479     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.071     Document Type: Article

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