Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Page e11 , February 2010

Endometriosis: is laparoscopy justified without previous ultrasonogram and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?

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PII: S0015-0282(09)04056-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.11.026

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Page e11 , February 2010