Surgical management of müllerian duct anomalies

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-196

  El Saman, Ali M ^a   Velotta, Jennifer A ^b   Bedaiwy, Mohamed A ^a,b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicornuate uterus; M llerian duct anomalies; Septate uterus; Transverse vaginal septum; Vaginal agenesis; Vaginoplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958193158     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: 18756581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340410791321327     Document Type: Article

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