How old is endometriosis? Late 17th- and 18th-century European descriptions of the disease

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-14

  Knapp, Vincent J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

17th and 18th century Europe; Endometriosis; History; Inflammation of the uterine area; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EUROPE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033168325     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00196-X     Document Type: Note

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