Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 40-45 , January 2009

Impact of GnRH agonist treatment on recurrence of ovarian endometriomas after conservative laparoscopic surgery

  • Byung Chul Jee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
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  • Joong Yeup Lee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hamchoon Women's Clinic, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Chang Suk Suh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Seok Hyun Kim, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Seok Hyun Kim, M.D., Department of OB/GYN, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, 28 Yeongeon, Chongno, Seoul 110–744, South Korea (FAX: 82-2-762-3599).
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  • Young Min Choi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Shin Yong Moon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

Received 11 August 2007 ,Revised 12 November 2007 ,Accepted 12 November 2007.

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 The first two author contributed equally to this paper.

PII: S0015-0282(07)04092-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.027

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 40-45 , January 2009

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