Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 1099-1101 , August 2010

Endometriosis at several sites, cyclic bowel symptoms, and the likelihood of the appendix being affected

  • Mauricio Simões Abrão, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sirio Libanes Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mauricio Simões Abrão, M.D., Ph.D., Rua São Sebastião 550, 04708-001, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (FAX: 55-11-5182-2671).
    • ,
  • João Antonio Dias Jr., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sirio Libanes Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Gustavo P. Rodini, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • ,
  • Sergio Podgaec, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sirio Libanes Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marco Antonio Bassi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marcelo Averbach, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sirio Libanes Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 24 February 2009 ,Revised 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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 M.S.A. has nothing to disclose. J.A.D. has nothing to disclose. G.P.R. has nothing to disclose. S.P. has nothing to disclose. M.A.B. has nothing to disclose. M.A. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03951-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.031

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 1099-1101 , August 2010

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