Fertility outcome of infertile women with adenomyosis treated with the combination of a conservative microsurgical technique and GnRH agonist: Long-term follow-up in a series of nine patients

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-216

  Huang, Ben Shian ^a,b   Seow, Kok Min ^b,c   Tsui, Kuan Hao ^b,d   Huang, Chen Yu ^a,b   Lu, Yen Feng ^a,b   Wang, Peng Hui ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; CA125; Cytoreductive and conservative surgery; Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist

Indexed keywords

ABAGOVOMAB; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; LEUPRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FERTILITY OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GOSERELIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEUPROLIDE; MICROSURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863859987     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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