Grading a developmental continuum - Elegy on the rise and fall of the endometrial biopsy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1286-1292

  McDonough, Paul G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial biopsy,; intraclass correlation coefficient,; kappa values

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 7944226155     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.932     Document Type: Article

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