Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 1574-1578 , December 2005

Role of laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis in patients with failed in vitro fertilization cycles

Received 14 July 2004 ,Revised 14 February 2005 ,Accepted 14 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.02.059

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 1574-1578 , December 2005

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