Management of the pain associated with endometriosis: An update of the painful problems

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-188

  Ozawa, Yuka ^a   Murakami, Takashi ^a   Terada, Yukihiro ^a   Yaegashi, Nobuo ^a   Okamura, Kunihiro ^a   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Meta analysis; Pain management

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DANAZOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GOSERELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MESTRANOL PLUS NORETYNODREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

AMENORRHEA; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; MEDLINE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 33750739732     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.210.175     Document Type: Review

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