Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1825-1833 , December 2009

Diagnostic accuracy of physical examination, transvaginal sonography, rectal endoscopic sonography, and magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose deep infiltrating endometriosis

  • Marc Bazot, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Services de Radiologie, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marc Bazot, M.D., Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, 75020 Paris, France (FAX: 33-1-56-01-64-02).
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  • Clarisse Lafont, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Services de Radiologie, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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  • Roman Rouzier, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Services de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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  • Gilles Roseau, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre Chirurgical Trocadéro, Département d'Endoscopie Digestive, Paris, France
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  • Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Services de Radiologie, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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  • Emile Daraï, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Services de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France

Received 15 April 2008 ,Revised 11 July 2008 ,Accepted 2 September 2008.

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 M.B. has nothing to disclose. C.L. has nothing to disclose. R.R. has nothing to disclose. G.R. has nothing to disclose. I.T.-N. has nothing to disclose. E.D. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03863-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.005

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1825-1833 , December 2009

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