Fertility drugs and ovarian epithelial cancer: The endometriosis hypothesis

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 228-230

  Paulson, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFERTILITY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OVARY CANCER; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030896774     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02766115     Document Type: Article

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