Role of laparoscopy in the management of chronic pelvic pain

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 627-631

  Dwarakanath, Linga S ^a   Persad, Prakashbhan S ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PELVIC PAIN; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0032147975     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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