Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 2 , Pages 505-507 , February 2006

A randomized study of laparoscopic chromopertubation with lipiodol versus saline in infertile women

Received 10 May 2005 ,Revised 14 July 2005 ,Accepted 14 July 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)03689-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1309

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 2 , Pages 505-507 , February 2006