External validation of the endometriosis fertility index (EFI) staging system for predicting non-ART pregnancy after endometriosis surgery

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1280-1288

  Tomassetti, C ^a   Geysenbergh, B ^a   Meuleman, C ^a   Timmerman, D ^b   Fieuws, S ^a,c   D'Hooghe, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cumulative pregnancy rate; endometriosis; endometriosis fertility index; fertility; laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS FERTILITY INDEX; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84876517727     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det017     Document Type: Article

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