Current guidelines for treatment of endometriosis without laparoscopy

Drugs of Today

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. A, 2005, Pages 11-15

  Candiani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CA 125 ANTIGEN; DANAZOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 23444447794     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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