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

Gynecological Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 199-212

  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 ESHRE ESGE Working Group ESGE Central Office ^*  (Belgium)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

DELPHI procedure; ESGE; ESHRE; ESHRE ESGE classification system; Female genital tract congenital anomalies

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYOLOGY; EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOSCOPY; EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VAGINA APLASIA;

EID: 84881086498     PISSN: 16132076     EISSN: 16132084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-013-0800-x     Document Type: Article

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