Clinical approach for the classification of congenital uterine malformations

Gynecological Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-129

  Grimbizis, Grigoris F ^a   Campo, Rudi ^a,b  

^a European Academy for Gynecological Surgery   (Belgium)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Uterine anomalies . Mullerian anomalies . Classification . Septate uterus

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

EID: 84861096749     PISSN: 16132076     EISSN: 16132084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-011-0724-2     Document Type: Review

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