Endometriosis and assisted reproductive technologies

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 687-698

  Dokras, Anuja ^a   Olive, David L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN;

DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033377320     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199909000-00020     Document Type: Review

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