Endometriotic ovarian cysts negatively affect the rate of spontaneous ovulation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2183-2186

  Benaglia, Laura ^a,b   Somigliana, Edgardo ^a   Vercellini, Paolo ^a,b   Abbiati, Annalisa ^a,b   Ragni, Guido ^a   Fedele, Luigi ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; Endometriosis; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; OVULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68949198153     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep202     Document Type: Article

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