Determinants of reproductive outcome after abdominal myomectomy for infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Maddalena, Silvia ^a   De Giorgi, Olga ^a   Pesole, Antonella ^a   Crosignani, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Conservative surgery; Infertility; Leiomyomas; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LEIOMYOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033168755     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00200-9     Document Type: Article

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