Serial laparoscopies over 30 months show that endometriosis in captive baboons (Papio anubis, Papio cynocephalus) is a progressive disease

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 645-649

  D'Hooghe, T M ^a   Bambra, C S ^a   Raeymaekers, B M ^a   Koninckx, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

baboon; endometriosis; laparoscopy; lesion; Papio; progression; Spontaneous evolution; subtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABOON; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030022753     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58168-0     Document Type: Article

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