Physiology and pathophysiology of tubal transport: Ciliary beat and muscular contractility, relevance to tubal infertility, recent research, and future directions

The Fallopian Tube in Infertility and IVF Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 18-29

  Djahanbakhch, Ovrang ^a   Ezzati, Mohammad ^a   Saridogan, Ertan ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84918561886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511750670.004     Document Type: Chapter

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