Umbilical endometriosis, a pathology that a gynecologist may encounter when inserting the Veres needle

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1764.e1-1764.e2

  Teh, Wan Tinn ^a   Vollenhoven, Beverley ^a   Harris, Phillip I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

abdominal wall; adenomyosis; Endometriosis; navel; umbilicus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEEDLE; PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; UMBILICAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 33751163027     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.03.070     Document Type: Article

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