Is the dimension of ovarian endometriomas significantly modified by IVF-ICSI cycles?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-406

  Benaglia, Laura ^a,b   Somigliana, Edgardo ^a   Vighi, Valentina ^a,b   Nicolosi, Anna Elisa ^a,b   Lemmello, Roberta ^a,b   Ragni, Guido ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyst volume; Endometrioma; Endometriosis; ICSI; IVF

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OVARY CYST; OVARY TUMOR; OVULATION INDUCTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 63249104958     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60099-5     Document Type: Article

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