Short-term postoperative GnRH analogue or danazol treatment after conservative surgery for stage III or IV endometriosis before ovarian stimulation: A prospective, randomized study

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 955-959

  Tsai, Yieh Loong ^b   Hwang, Jiann Loung ^b   Loo, Tao Chuan ^b   Cheng, Wei Chi ^b   Chuang, Jesse ^b   Seow, Kok Min ^a  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Danazol; Endometriosis; Female; Gonadotropins; Infertility

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OOCYTE; OVARY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DANAZOL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; OVULATION INDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10644283079     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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