Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 1587-1588 , December 2005

The dilemma of endometriosis: is consensus possible with an enigma?

Received 27 June 2005 ,Revised 27 June 2005 ,Accepted 27 June 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)03329-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.06.033

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 1587-1588 , December 2005

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