Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 2007.e5-2007.e9 , November 2008

Unusual complication after uterine artery embolization and laparoscopic myomectomy in a woman wishing to preserve future fertility

  • Olivier Donnez, M.D.
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  • Pascale Jadoul, M.D.
    • ,
  • Jean Squifflet, M.D.
    • ,
  • Jacques Donnez, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jacques Donnez, M.D., Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium (FAX: + 32-2-764-95-07).

Received 30 April 2008 ,Revised 28 May 2008 ,Accepted 30 May 2008.

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 O.D. has nothing to disclose. P.J. has nothing to disclose. J.S. has nothing to disclose. J.D. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)01295-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.091

Fertility and Sterility
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