Cesarean Section Scar Endometriosis : A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 733-738

  Phupong, Vorapong ^a   Triratanachat, Surang ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cesarean Section; Endometriosis; Scar; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; REVIEW; SCAR;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 0036616974     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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