Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 415-424 , August 2008

Adenomyosis and endometriosis in the California Teachers Study

  • Claire Templeman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint request: Claire Templeman, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Womens and Childrens Hospital, 1240 Mission Road, Room L1009, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (FAX: 323-226-3509).
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  • Sarah F. Marshall, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Giske Ursin, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Pamela L. Horn-Ross, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, California
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  • Christina A. Clarke, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, California
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  • Mark Allen, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Institute, Sacramento, California
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  • Dennis Deapen, Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Argyrios Ziogas, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Irvine, California
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  • Peggy Reynolds, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Irvine, California
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  • Rosemary Cress, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Institute, Sacramento, California
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  • Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Irvine, California
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  • Dee West, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, California
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  • Ronald K. Ross, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Received 27 March 2007 ,Revised 7 June 2007 ,Accepted 7 June 2007.

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 Supported by grants R01 CA77398 from the National Cancer Institute and contract 97-10500 from the California Breast Cancer Research Fund.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01371-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.027

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 415-424 , August 2008

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