Adenomyosis in endometriosis - Prevalence and impact on fertility. Evidence from magnetic resonance imaging

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2309-2316

  Kunz, G ^a,b,d,e   Beil, D ^a,d,e   Huppert, P ^a   Noe, M ^a,c,d,e   Kissler, S ^a   Leyendecker, Gerhard ^a,d,e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ST JOHANNES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Disease of archimetra; Endometriosis; Infertility; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE STERILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBFERTILITY; THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 25144495746     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei021     Document Type: Article

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