Typical and subtle atypical presentations of endometriosis

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-93

  Donnez, Jacques ^a   Squifflet, Jean ^a   Casanas Roux, Françoise ^a   Pirard, Céline ^a   Jadoul, Pascale ^a   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ADHESION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PERITONEUM;

EID: 0037346891     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8545(02)00054-2     Document Type: Review

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