Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 929.e9-929.e11 , March 2009

A rare case of vulvar endometriosis in an adolescent girl

  • Aimee D. Eyvazzadeh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Yolanda R. Smith, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Richard Lieberman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Elisabeth H. Quint, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Elisabeth H. Quint, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, 1100 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (FAX: 734-647-9727).

Received 14 April 2008 ,Revised 9 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 October 2008.

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 Y.R.S.'s spouse or partner is on the speakers' bureau of Eli Lilly and Forest Laboratories. R.L. is a consultant for Science and Technology International. A.D.E. has nothing to disclose. E.H.Q. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04278-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.026

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 929.e9-929.e11 , March 2009

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