Asherman's syndrome

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-94

  March, Charles M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Fertility Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Asherman's syndrome; endometrial sclerosis; infertility; intrauterine adhesions; recurrent abortion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HYALURONIC ACID; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MISOPROSTOL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SILDENAFIL;

AMENORRHEA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CURETTAGE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSMENORRHEA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MISSED ABORTION; MYOMECTOMY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PELVIS TUBERCULOSIS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURE LABOR; RECURRENT ABORTION; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STENT; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AMENORRHEA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GYNATRESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; TISSUE ADHESIONS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 79953208289     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272470     Document Type: Article

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