Genital schistosomiasis as a cause of female sterility and acute abdomen

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2075.e7-2075.e9

  Schanz, Andrea ^a   Richter, Joachim ^a   Beyer, Ines ^a   Baldus, Stephan Ernst ^a   Hess, Alexandra Petra ^a   Kruessel, Jan Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

in vitro fertilization; infertility; reproductive health; Schistosomiasis; sterility; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METRONIDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADNEXITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FEVER; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LAPAROTOMY; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY TUMOR; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URTICARIA; UTERINE ADNEXA TUMOR; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 77949914478     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.043     Document Type: Article

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