Endometriosis and Infertility - A consensus statement from ACCEPT (Australasian CREI Consensus Expert Panel on Trial evidence)

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 513-522

  Koch, Juliette ^a   Rowan, Katrina ^b   Rombauts, Luk ^c   Yazdani, Anusch ^d   Chapman, Michael ^e   Johnson, Neil ^f  

^a IVFAustralia   (Australia)

^b Genea   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; endometriosis; in vitro fertilisation; infertility; surgery

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DANAZOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVE BIRTH; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84870924992     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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