Double uterus with obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis: Pelvic anatomic variants in 87 cases

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1580-1583

  Fedele, L ^a   Motta, F ^a   Frontino, G ^a   Restelli, E ^a   Bianchi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

cervical agenesis; didelphys; double uterus; Herlyn Werner Wunderlich syndrome; obstructed hemivagina

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMIVAGINA OBSTRUCTION; HERLYN WERNER WUNDERLICH SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; UTERUS DIDELPHYS; VAGINA DISEASE; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 84878268879     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det081     Document Type: Article

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