Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 758-760 , July 2010

Growth differentiation factor 9 concentration in the follicular fluid of infertile women with endometriosis

Presented at the the World Congress on Endometriosis, Melbourne, Australia, March 11–14, 2008.

  • Hendy Hendarto, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hendy Hendarto, Ph.D., Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Soetomo Hospital/School of Medicine, University of Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, (FAX: 62 31 5501704).
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  • Prajitno Prabowo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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  • Farid Anfasa Moeloek, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital/Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
    • ,
  • Soetjipto Soetjipto, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lab of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Received 8 May 2009 ,Revised 2 October 2009 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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 H.H. has nothing to disclose. P.P. has nothing to disclose. F.A. has nothing to disclose. S.S. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by a Risbin Iptekdok grant from the Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03867-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.011

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 758-760 , July 2010

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