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Uterine Factors

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Infertility

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Problems with the uterus itself are not a common cause of infertility. However, since the cause still remains unknown in many cases and since new methods are being made available for both physiologic and endoscopic evaluation of the uterus, the physician should not rule out the uterine factor, at least in those cases that fail to resolve themselves with routine techniques. Two excellent reviews, by Wallach and Patton, have been published.1,2

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Melvin L. Taymor M.D. (Professor of Life Sciences and Technology and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Melvin L. Taymor M.D. (Professor of Life Sciences and Technology and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

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Taymor, M.L. (1990). Uterine Factors. In: Infertility. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0627-6_18

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