Is hormonal treatment efficacious in the management of ovarian cysts in women with histories of endometriosis?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 874-877

  Nezhat, Ceana H ^a,b   Nezhat, Farr ^a,b   Borhan, Soheila ^c   Seidman, Daniel S ^b   Nezhat, Camran R ^a,b,d  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Hormonal suppressive therapy; Physiological ovarian cyst

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; DANAZOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NORETHISTERONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY CYST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029881817     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019269     Document Type: Article

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