Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 1731-1735 , December 2006

A prospective evaluation of uterine abnormalities by saline infusion sonohysterography in 1,009 women with infertility or abnormal uterine bleeding

Presented in part at the 60th annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October 16–20, 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Ilan Tur-Kaspa, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics Institute, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ilan Tur-Kaspa, M.D., Director, Institute for Human Reproduction, 2825 N. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60657 (FAX: 773-935-3691).
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  • Michael Gal, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics Institute, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Michael Hartman, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • True North Imaging, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Jason Hartman, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • True North Imaging, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Alex Hartman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • True North Imaging, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Received 20 January 2006 ,Revised 12 May 2006 ,Accepted 12 May 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)03058-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.05.044

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 1731-1735 , December 2006

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