Possible role of endometriosis in the aetiology of spontaneous miscarriage in patients with septate uterus

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 581-585

  Gergolet, Marco ^a   Gianaroli, Luca ^b   Šuster, Nataša Kenda ^c   Verdenik, Ivan ^c   Magli, M Cristina ^b   Gordts, Stephan ^d  

^a SIFES Slovene Institute for Fertility and Endoscopic Surgery   (Slovenia)

^b Reproductive Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

congenital uterine anomalies; endometriosis; miscarriage; septate uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE SEPTUM; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UTERUS;

EID: 78650517926     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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