Medical Therapy of Endometriosis: Subfertility

Endometriosis: Science and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 447-454

  Evers, Johannes L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitors; Danazol; Endometriosis mild; Endometriosis minimal; Endometriosis occult; GnRH agonists; Laparoscopy second look; Spontaneous regression; Therapy medical; Treatment medical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886954349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444398519.ch44     Document Type: Chapter

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