Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 515-519 , June 2010

Length of the endometrial cavity as measured by uterine sounding and ultrasonography in women of different parities

Received 19 October 2009 ,Revised 5 January 2010 ,Accepted 8 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.01.006

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 515-519 , June 2010

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