The history of female genital tract malformation classifications and proposal of an updated system

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 693-705

  Acién, Pedro ^a   Acién, Maribel I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryology; Female genital tract malformations; Genito urinary malformations; M llerian anomalies; Uterine malformations

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARCUATE UTERUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; MUELLERIAN DUCT; MUELLERIAN DUCT ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS DIDELPHYS; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS SEPTUS; VAGINA DISEASE;

FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051927217     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmr021     Document Type: Review

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