Typical and subtle atypical presentations of endometriosis

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 431-437

  Donnez, Jacques ^a   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Invisible endometriosis; Subtle

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; IRON;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETENCE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; IRON OVERLOAD; MENSTRUATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONEUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MENSTRUATION; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PERITONEUM;

EID: 16644392105     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200410000-00013     Document Type: Review

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