Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1609-1615 , October 2010

Endometriosis fertility index: the new, validated endometriosis staging system

Presented at the 10th World Congress on Endometriosis in Melbourne, Australia, March 14, 2008.

  • G. David Adamson, M.D.

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  • David J. Pasta, M.S.

Received 6 May 2009 ,Revised 24 August 2009 ,Accepted 16 September 2009.

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 G.D.A. has commercial interests as CEO and Shareholder of Advanced Reproductive Care, Inc., and has received research funding from EMD Serono and IBSA. D.J.P. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03714-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.035

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1609-1615 , October 2010

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