Endometriosis of the urinary tract in women of reproductive age

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 902-904

  Schneider, Andreas ^a   Touloupidis, Stavros ^b   Papatsoris, Athanasios G ^c,d   Triantafyllidis, Argyrios ^b   Kollias, Anastasios ^a   Schweppe, Karl Werner ^a  

^a Ammerland Clinics   (Germany)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bladder; Endometriosis; Ureter; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; URETER DISEASE; URETHRA SURGERY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT SURGERY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33745885275     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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