The current staging system for endometriosis: Does it help?

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-132

  Roberts, Carla P ^a   Rock, John A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

CELL INVASION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIS; PERITONEUM;

EID: 0037346892     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8545(02)00056-6     Document Type: Review

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