Endometriosis: Critical assessment of current therapies

Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 204-208

  Buckett, W M ^a,b   Saleh, A ^a   Tulandi, T ^a   Tan, S L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ADHESION; AGE; ANOVULATION; ATROPHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032929646     PISSN: 09575847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0957-5847(98)80048-6     Document Type: Article

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