Role of the vaginally administered aromatase inhibitor anastrozole in women with rectovaginal endometriosis: A pilot study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1033-1036

  Hefler, Lukas A ^a   Grimm, Christoph ^a   Van Trotsenburg, Michael ^a   Nagele, Friedrich ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 26244434549     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.04.059     Document Type: Letter

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