Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 2004.e7-2004.e9 , November 2008

Persistent bilateral ureteral obstruction secondary to endometriosis despite treatment with an aromatase inhibitor

  • Justin Bohrer, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Chi Chiung Grace Chen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Chi Chiung Grace Chen, M.D., Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, A81, Cleveland, Ohio 44195.
    • ,
  • Tommaso Falcone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 16 January 2008 ,Revised 14 March 2008 ,Accepted 17 March 2008.

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 J.B. has nothing to disclose. C.C.G.C. has nothing to disclose. T.F. has nothing to disclose.

 No reprints will be available.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00707-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.040

Fertility and Sterility
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