Ovarian endometrioma vascularization in women with pelvic pain

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1271-1276

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   García Manero, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Ovarian endometriosis; pelvic pain; vascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34249720156     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.106     Document Type: Article

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