Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1941-1944 , May 2009

Advantage of conservative surgical management of large ovarian neoplasms in adolescents

  • Jhansi Reddy, M.D.
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  • Marc R. Laufer, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Marc R. Laufer, M.D., Division of Gynecology, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 (FAX: 617-730-0186).

Received 29 December 2007 ,Revised 13 February 2008 ,Accepted 13 February 2008.

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 J.R. has nothing to disclose. M.R.L. has nothing to disclose.

 Presented in part at the Annual Clinical Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, which was held in Washington, D.C., October 13–17, 2007.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00490-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.116

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1941-1944 , May 2009

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