Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 1006.e11-1006.e13 , February 2010

Successful pregnancy after thermal balloon endometrial ablation followed by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

  • David Kuzel, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Charles University and General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Lucie Bartosova, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Charles University and General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Karel Rezabek, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Charles University and General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Dusan Toth, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinique St. Germaine, Brive La Gaillarde, France
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  • Josef Cindr, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Gynaecology, Transplant Center, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Michal Mara, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Charles University and General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michal Mara, MD, Ph.D. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Apolinarska 18, 128 51, Prague 2, Czech Republic (TEL: +420 723 968 944).

Received 30 July 2009 ,Revised 2 September 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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 D.K. has nothing to disclose. L.B. has nothing to disclose. K.R. has nothing to disclose. D.T. has nothing to disclose. J.C. has nothing to disclose. M.M. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03811-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.061

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 1006.e11-1006.e13 , February 2010

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