Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 1229-1233 , May 2008

Evaluation of ovarian adhesion formation after laparoscopic ovarian drilling by second-look minilaparoscopy

  • Francesco Mercorio, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples “Federico II,” Naples, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Francesco Mercorio, M.D., Dipartimento di Ginecologia e Ostetricia e, Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione Umana, Università di Napoli “Federico II,” Via L. Caldieri 140, 80128 Naples, Italy (FAX: 39-081-7463865).
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  • Antonio Mercorio, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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  • Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples “Federico II,” Naples, Italy
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  • Gian Vincenzo Barba, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology of Population Genetics, Institute of Food Science, C.N.R. Avellino, Italy
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  • Massimiliano Pellicano, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples “Federico II,” Naples, Italy
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  • Carmine Nappi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples “Federico II,” Naples, Italy

Received 1 December 2006 ,Revised 2 May 2007 ,Accepted 2 May 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)01037-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.009

Fertility and Sterility
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