Treatment of endometriosis with transvaginal ultrasound-guided drainage under GnRH analogues and recombinant interleukin-2 left in the cysts

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 224-231

  Acién, Pedro ^a,b   Pérez Albert, Gloria ^a   Quereda, Francisco J ^a   Sánchez Ferrer, Marisa ^a   García Almela, Ana ^a   Velasco, Irene ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b Campus de San Juan   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometriomas; GnRH analogues; Immunology; Recombinant interleukin 2; Treatment; Ultrasound guided drainage

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; DRAINAGE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPTORELIN;

EID: 27644523564     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089100     Document Type: Article

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