Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 5 , Pages 1395-1401 , November 2004

Outpatient thermal balloon ablation of the endometrium

  • Thomas Justin Clark, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thomas Justin Clark, M.D., Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom B15 2TG (FAX: 00441216074795
    • ,
  • Janesh Kumar Gupta, M.Sc., M.D.

Received 22 January 2004 ,Revised 30 April 2004 ,Accepted 30 April 2004.

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 T.J.C. and J.K.G. received travel costs, conference fees, and honorarium payments from Gynecare, Menlo Park, California for participating in training workshops.

PII: S0015-0282(04)02230-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.042

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 5 , Pages 1395-1401 , November 2004

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