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Myomectomy reduces endometrial T2 relaxation times
Osamu Yoshino1, Masaaki Hori, Yutaka Osuga
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. oyoshino624@hotmail.co.jp; yutakaos-tky@umin.ac.jp
Fertility and Sterility
|February 15, 2011
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Magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure the endometrial T2 relaxation times of patients with infertility with fibroma. Although the location of fibromas did not influence the T2 relaxation times, we did observe a significant decrease in endometrial T2 relaxation times after myomectomy.
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