Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 2 , Pages 828.e11-828.e12 , August 2009

The natural course of endometrial polyps: Could they vanish when left untreated?

  • Ronit Haimov-Kochman, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ronit Haimov-Kochman, M.D., Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt. Scopus, P.O.B. 24035, Jerusalem 91240, Israel (FAX: 972-2-584-4210).
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  • Revital Deri-Hasid, M.D.
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  • Yaron Hamani, M.D.
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  • Ernst Voss, M.D.

Received 15 April 2009 ,Revised 24 April 2009 ,Accepted 27 April 2009.

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PII: S0015-0282(09)01081-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.04.054

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 2 , Pages 828.e11-828.e12 , August 2009

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