Endometriosis-associated pelvic pain: Evidence for an association between the stage of disease and a history of chronic pelvic pain

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Stovall, Dale W ^a,d   Bowser, Lisa M ^c   Archer, David F ^b   Guzick, David S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Eastern Virginia School of Medicine   (United States)

^c DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative surgical therapy; Endometriosis; Medical therapy; Pelvic pain; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030797435     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81468-9     Document Type: Article

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