Endometriosis - an inflammatory disease in women. Pain and reduced fertility serious symptoms;Endometrios - En inflammatorisk kvinnosjukdom: Smä rta och reducerad fertilitet allvarliga symtom

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Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 815-818

  Bergqvist, Agneta ^a   Bergquist, Christer ^b   Fredrik Nordenskjo L D ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Lasarettet i Borås ^*

^c Kvinneklinikken   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034704514     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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