Diagnosis of endometriosis: Pelvic endoscopy and imaging techniques

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-303

  Brosens, Ivo ^a   Puttemans, Patrick ^a   Campo, Rudi ^a   Gordts, Stephan ^a   Kinkel, Karen ^b  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b Clinique des Grangettes   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Laparoscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; BLADDER; BLEEDING; COST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOID; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URETER;

EID: 2942705672     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.03.002     Document Type: Review

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