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Chapter 8 - Assessment of Fallopian Tube Patency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2019

By
Ka Ying Bonnie Ng  and
Ying Cheong
Edited by
Jane A. Stewart
Jane A. Stewart
Affiliation:
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

Fallopian tubes make vital portals for the transfer of gametes and the early conceptus, and were named after Gabrielis Fallopius (Italy, 1423–1562) who first described the structures. Reinier De Graaf (1641–1673), however, was the first to understand the function of the Fallopian tubes.

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Subfertility, Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproduction , pp. 55 - 63
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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