Unoperated ovarian endometriomas and responsiveness to hyperstimulation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1356-1361

  Benaglia, Laura ^a   Pasin, Roberta ^a,b   Somigliana, Edgardo ^a   Vercellini, Paolo ^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; IVF; ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONAD; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION;

EID: 79957499710     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der097     Document Type: Article

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