Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 232-238 , September 2009

Adenomyosis and Its Variance: Adenomyoma and Female Fertility

  • Peng-Hui Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Peng-Hui Wang, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, 201, Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Hsiang Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yee-Zen Hospital, and Institute of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, National Central University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bor-Ching Sheu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Min Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University and Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 12 March 2009.

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 This paper was presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan, March 24–25, 2007

PII: S1028-4559(09)60295-3

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60295-3

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 232-238 , September 2009

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