Treatment of severe recurrent endometriosis with an aromatase inhibitor in a young ovariectomised woman

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 182-184

  Razzi, Sandro ^a   Fava, Antonio ^a   Sartini, Annalisa ^a   De Simone, Simona ^a   Cobellis, Luigi ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LETROZOLE; NITRILE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NITRILES; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIC PAIN; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RECURRENCE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0442291985     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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