Diagnostic laparoscopy, infertility, and endometriosis - 5 Years experience

Gynecological Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-234

  Daniilidis, A ^b   Giannoulis, H ^a   Tantanasis, T ^a   Papathanasiou, K ^a   Loufopoulos, A ^a   Tzafettas, J ^a  

^a Intensive Care Unit Hippokratio University Hospital   (Greece)

^b WISHAW GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic laparoscopy; Endometriosis; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARY CYST; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 48249097912     PISSN: 16132076     EISSN: 16132084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-007-0357-7     Document Type: Article

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