Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 715-719 , July 2010

Conservative surgical management for diffuse uterine adenomyosis

  • Masato Nishida, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Masato Nishida, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Hospital Organization, Kasumigaura Medical Center, 2-7-14 Shimotakatsu, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, 300-8585, Japan (FAX: 81-29-824-0494).
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  • Katsumi Takano, M.D., Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Yuko Arai, M.D., Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Hirokazu Ozone, M.D.
    • ,
  • Ryota Ichikawa, M.D.

Received 24 November 2008 ,Revised 7 March 2009 ,Accepted 10 March 2009.

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 M.N. has nothing to disclose. K.T. has nothing to disclose. Y.A. has nothing to disclose. H.O. has nothing to disclose. R.I. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00611-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.046

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 715-719 , July 2010

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