Why we need a noninvasive diagnostic test for minimal to mild endometriosis with a high sensitivity

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 136-138

  D'Hooghe, Thomas M ^a   Mihalyi, A M ^a   Simsa, P ^a   Kyama, C K ^a   Peeraer, K ^a   De Loecker, P ^a   Meeuwis, L ^a   Segal, L ^a   Meuleman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SERUM AMYLOID A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADHESION; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GENE REPRESSION; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749165110     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093120     Document Type: Editorial

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