Empirical therapy with leuprorelin acetate for endometriosis in the United States

Drugs of Today

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. A, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Olive, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DANAZOL; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; INTEGRIN; LEUPRORELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO;

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSMENORRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23444443337     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2005.41.1.875774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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