Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 314-321 , August 2004

Incidence and characterization of diagnosed endometriosis in a geographically defined population

  • Cynthia L Leibson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Cynthia Leibson, Ph.D., Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA (FAX: 507-284-1516).
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  • Andrew E Good, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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  • Steven L Hass, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Global Outcomes Research, Pharmacia Corporation, Kalamazoo, Michigan; presently with Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA
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  • Jeanine Ransom, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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  • Barbara P Yawn, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Research, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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  • W.Michael O'Fallon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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  • L.Joseph Melton, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Received 22 August 2003 ,Revised 12 January 2004 ,Accepted 12 January 2004.

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☆ Supported by grants from Pharmacia Corporation, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and by grant AR30582 from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.

PII: S0015-0282(04)00862-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.037

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 314-321 , August 2004

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