Characteristics related to the prevalence of minimal or mild endometriosis in infertile women

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 504-510

  Bérubé, Sylvie ^a   Marcoux, Sylvie ^a,b   Maheux, Rodolphe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control study; Endometriosis; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0345451553     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199809000-00006     Document Type: Article

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