Diagnostic delay in women with pain and endometriosis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 649-653

  Husby, Gunhild Kalleberg ^a   Haugen, Ragnhild Skipnes ^a   Moen, Mette Haase ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Endometriosis; Infertility; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; NORWAY; PELVIC PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037672734     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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