Fertility and Sterility
Volume 78, Issue 4 , Pages 750-756 , October 2002

Cycle-specific and cumulative fecundity in patients with endometriosis who are undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation-intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Presented at the 8th World Congress on Endometriosis, San Diego, California, February 24–27, 2002.

  • W.Paul Dmowski, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: W. Paul Dmowski, M.D., Ph.D., 2425 West 22nd Street, Suite 102, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 USA (FAX: 630-954-0064)
    • Institute for the Study and Treatment of Endometriosis, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
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  • Michelle Pry (M.S.N.)

      Affiliations

    • Institute for the Study and Treatment of Endometriosis, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
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  • Jianchi Ding, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for the Study and Treatment of Endometriosis, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
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  • Nasir Rana, M.D. (M.P.H.)

      Affiliations

    • Institute for the Study and Treatment of Endometriosis, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA

Received 8 April 2002 ,Revised 12 June 2002 ,Accepted 12 June 2002.

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Fertility and Sterility
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