Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 969-975 , February 2010

Extensive tissue damage of bovine ovaries after bipolar ovarian drilling compared to monopolar electrocoagulation or carbon dioxide laser

The results from this paper were presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine meeting in San Francisco, California, 2008.

  • Marja-Liisa Hendriks, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marja-Liisa Hendriks, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Reproductive Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands (TEL: +31.20.4443268; FAX: +31.20.4443267).
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  • Paul van der Valk, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Cornelis B. Lambalk, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Mark A.M. Broeckaert, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Roy Homburg, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peter G.A. Hompes, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 7 August 2008 ,Revised 20 October 2008 ,Accepted 24 October 2008.

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 M-L.H. has nothing to disclose. P.V. has nothing to disclose. C.L. has nothing to disclose. M.B. has nothing to disclose. R.H. has nothing to disclose. P.H. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04412-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.046

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 969-975 , February 2010

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