Sonohysterosalpingography: A suitable choice in infertility workup

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-229

  Graziano, Angela ^a   Lo Monte, Giuseppe ^a   Soave, Ilaria ^a   Caserta, Donatella ^b   Moscarini, Massimo ^b   Marci, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopy; Infertility; RX hysterosalpingography; Sonohysterosalpingography; Tubal patency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOHYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 84880851095     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-012-0417-0     Document Type: Article

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