Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61 , 1 January 2010

Surgical treatment of endometriosis: location and patterns of disease at reoperation

  • Elizabeth Taylor, M.D.
    • ,
  • Christina Williams, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christina Williams, M.D., Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Care Centre, D600, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada (FAX: 604-875-2569).

Received 18 April 2008 ,Revised 3 September 2008 ,Accepted 29 September 2008.

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 E.T. has nothing to disclose. C.W. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04121-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.085

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61 , 1 January 2010

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