Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Page e12 , February 2010

Reply of the Authors: Endometriosis: is laparoscopy justified without previous ultrasonogram and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)? & High prevalence of endometriosis in infertile women with normal ovulation and normospermic partners

  • Christel Meuleman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leuven University Fertility Centre, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Carla Tomassetti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leuven University Fertility Centre, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Dirk Timmerman, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Thomas D'Hooghe, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leuven University Fertility Centre, Leuven, Belgium

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PII: S0015-0282(09)04058-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.11.028

Fertility and Sterility
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