Endometriotic ovarian cysts do not negatively affect the rate of spontaneous ovulation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 299-307

  Leone Roberti Maggiore, U ^a   Scala, C ^a   Venturini, P L ^a   Remorgida, V ^a   Ferrero, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Female infertility; Menstrual cycle; Ovulation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARIAN ENDOMETRIOTIC CYST; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY CYST; OVULATION; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS OVULATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ADULT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FOLLOW UP; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ITALY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ITALY; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84925078107     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu308     Document Type: Article

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