Ovarian endometriosis: From pathogenesis to surgical treatment

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Busacca, Mauro ^a,b   Vignali, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Melloni Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrioma excision; Endometriosis and cancer; Immunomodulators in endometriosis; Ovarian endometriosis

Indexed keywords

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141741354     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200308000-00005     Document Type: Review

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