The ESHRE/ESGE consensus on the classification of female genital tract congenital anomalies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2032-2044

  Grimbizis, Grigoris F ^a,b   Gordts, Stephan ^a   Di Spiezio Sardo, Attilio ^a   Brucker, Sara ^a   De Angelis, Carlo ^a   Gergolet, Marco ^a   Li, Tin Chiu ^a   Tanos, Vasilios ^a   Brölmann, Hans ^a   Gianaroli, Luca ^a   Campo, Rudi ^a  

^a ESGE Central Office   (Belgium)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

anatomy; classification system; female tract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

EID: 84880556605     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det098     Document Type: Article

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