A normal uterus communicating with a double cervix and the vagina: a müllerian anomaly without any present classification

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 935.e1-935.e3

  Shirota, Kyoko ^a   Fukuoka, Miyoko ^a   Tsujioka, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Yoshihito ^a   Kawarabayashi, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cervical duplication; M llerian anomaly; normal uterus; rare case

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VAGINA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 61349105935     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.042     Document Type: Article

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