Endometriosis: Epidemiology, current pathophysiological concepts, and imaging considerations

Applied Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-18

  Gerety, Ellen ^a   Harris, Robert D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NIDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0035561126     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-9963(01)80063-7     Document Type: Article

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