Chronic pelvic pain in women - assessment and management

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 971-976

  Dick, Marie Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 13744259533     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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