Asthma in women with endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3514-3517

  Ferrero, Simone ^a   Petrera, P ^a   Colombo, B M ^b   Navaratnarajah, R ^c   Parisi, M ^a   Anserini, P ^a   Remorgida, V ^a   Ragni, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Endometriosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 28544447036     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei263     Document Type: Article

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