Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 60-66 , July 2005

Relation between anatomical courses of the intramural portions of the uterine tubes and pelvic endometriosis

  • Stanislaw Rozewicki, M.D., Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Anna Radomska, M.D.
    • ,
  • Rafal Kurzawa, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Rafal Kurzawa, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology, Pomeranian Medical University, 1 Unii Lubelskiej St., Szczecin 71-252, Poland (FAX: 48-91-4253312).

Received 2 June 2004 ,Accepted 3 January 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)00603-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.120

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 60-66 , July 2005

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