Müllerian anomalies and recurrent miscarriage

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-298

  Sugiura Ogasawara, Mayumi ^a   Ozaki, Yasuhiko ^a   Suzumori, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

bicornuate uterus; congenital uterine anomaly; recurrent miscarriage; septate uterus

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE UTERUS; CONSENSUS; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LIVE BIRTH; MUELLERIAN ANOMALY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCREENING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 84880812399     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3283632849     Document Type: Review

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