Ovarian Endometrioma: Surgery and Fertility Preservation

Endometriosis: Science and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 473-481

  Rombauts, Luk J F ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; Fertility preservation; IVF; Ovarian; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886959505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444398519.ch47     Document Type: Chapter

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