Erratum to: Endometrial scratching to improve pregnancy rate in couples with unexplained subfertility: A randomized controlled trial (Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, (2013), 39, 3, (680-684), 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.02016.x);Endometrial scratching to improve pregnancy rate in couples with unexplained subfertility: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 680-684

  Gibreel, Ahmed ^a,b   Badawy, Ahmed ^a   El Refai, Waleed ^a,b   El Adawi, Noha ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endometrium; Infertility; Scratching; Unexplained

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM SCRATCHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 84875236897     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.14919     Document Type: Erratum

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