DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT ALGORITHM FOR CHRONIC ENDOMETRITIS

Tapilskaya N.I., Tolibova G.Kh., Ob'edkova K.V., Gzgzyan A.M., Kogan I.Yu.

1) D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, Saint-Petersburg; 2) St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg; 3) Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg; 4) St. Petersburg University, Medical Faculty, Saint-Petersburg

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About the Authors

Natalya I. Tapilskaya, MD, PhD, DSci (Medicine), Professor, Leading Researcher, Department of Reproduction, D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, 199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mendeleyevskaya Line, 3; Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, 194100, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Litovskaya str., 2; +7(812)328-98-22, tapnatalia@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5309-0087
Gulrukhsor Kh. Tolibova, MD, PhD, DSci (Medicine), Head of the Department of Pathomorphology, Leading Researcher, D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, 199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mendeleyevskaya Line, 3; Associate Professor, S.N. Davydov Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, 191015, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Kirochnaya str., 41; +7(812)328-98-22, gulyatolibova@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6216-6220
Ksenia V. Ob'edkova, MD, PhD, Researcher, Department of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, 199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mendeleyevskaya Line, 3, iagmail@ott.ru
Alexander M. Gzgzyan, MD, PhD, DSci (Medicine), Head of the Department of Reproduction, D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, 199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mendeleyevskaya Line, 3; Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Medical Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Universitetskaya nab., 7-9; +7(812)328-98-22, iagmail@ott.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3917-9493
Igor Yu. Kogan, MD, PhD, DSci (Medicine), Professor, Corresponding Member of RAS, Director of the D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology, 199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mendeleyevskaya Line, 3; Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Medical Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Universitetskaya nab., 7-9; ikogan@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7351-6900
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