The prevalence of endometriosis in women with chronic pelvic pain

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 121-130

  Guo, Sun Wei ^a   Wang, Yuedong ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Endometriosis; Heterogeneity; Prevalence; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33749180781     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093019     Document Type: Article

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