Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 975-978 , April 2009

Arguments for a left lateral predisposition of endometrioma

  • Ioannis M. Matalliotakis, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Crete, Herkalion, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ioannis Matalliotakis, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1393, Heraklion 714-09, Greece (FAX: 003 02 81039 2133).
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  • Hakan Cakmak, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Emmanuel E. Koumantakis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nimitz Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Anastasia Margariti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mitera Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Maria Neonaki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Crete, Herkalion, Greece
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  • Anastasia G. Goumenou, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Crete, Herkalion, Greece

Received 16 October 2007 ,Revised 13 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2008.

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 I.M.M. has nothing to disclose. H.C. has nothing to disclose. E.E.K. has nothing to disclose. A.M. has nothing to disclose. M.N. has nothing to disclose. A.G.G. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00154-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.059

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 975-978 , April 2009

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