Reproductive performance, pain recurrence and disease relapse after conservative surgical treatment for endometriosis: The predictive value of the current classification system

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2679-2685

  Vercellini, Paolo ^a   Fedele, Luigi ^a   Aimi, Giorgio ^a   De Giorgi, Olga ^a   Consonni, Dario ^b   Crosignani, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Endometriosis; Infertility; Pelvic pain; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL PAIN; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749643530     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del230     Document Type: Article

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