Altered uterine contractility in women with chronic endometritis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1049-1052

  Pinto, Vincenzo ^a   Matteo, Maria ^b   Tinelli, Raffaele ^c   Mitola, Paola C ^a   De Ziegler, Dominique ^d   Cicinelli, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology San Bastiano Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic endometritis; Endometrial waves; Ultrasound; Uterine contractility; Uterine motility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VIDEORECORDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; OVULATION; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84930801701     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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