Endometriosis of ureter-induced recurrent urinary tract infections in a premenopausal woman - Case report

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-64

  Stamatiou, K ^a   Petrakos, G ^a   Alevizos, A ^a   Bovis, K ^a   Economou, A ^a   Panagopoulos, P ^a,c   Mariolis, A ^b  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b Health Center of Vyronas   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Endometriosis; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PAIN; MENORRHAGIA; PREMENOPAUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; DANAZOL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; URETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34247470839     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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