Fertility outcome after operative laparoscopy versus no treatment in infertile women with minimal or mild endometriosis

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 235-240

  Moini, Ashraf ^a,b,c   Bahar, Laleh ^a   Ashrafinia, Mansour ^a   Eslami, Bita ^a   Hosseini, Reihaneh ^a   Ashrafinia, Narges ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Endometriosis; Infertility; Laparoscopy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863475930     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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