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The epithelium of human hydrosalpinges: a light optical and scanning electron microscopic study
Author(s) -
VASQUEZ G.,
WINSTON R. M. L.,
BOECKX W.,
GORDTS S.,
BROSENS I. A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb09308.x
Subject(s) - scanning electron microscope , materials science , pathology , epithelium , medicine , composite material
Summary. Multiple tubal biopsies from 21 patients with thin‐walled dilated hydrosalpinges and from 12 patients with thick‐walled fibrous hydrosalpinges were studied. All the biopsies were examined by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy and the ciliated surface area at multiple locations measured by planimetry. These biopsies were compared with control biopsies taken from 13 normal women at varying stages of the menstrual cycle.