Endometriosis and reproductive disorders

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 997, Issue , 2003, Pages 247-254

  Elsheikh, A ^a,b   Milingos, S ^a   Loutradis, D ^a   Kallipolitis, G ^a   Michalas, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Fecundity; Medical therapy; Pregnancy; Reproductive disorders; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642272530     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1290.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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