Prevalence of endometriosis in women with systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome

Lupus

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 736-740

  Matorras, Roberto ^a,c   Ocerin, I ^a   Unamuno, M ^a   Nieto, A ^b   Peiro E ^b   Burgos, J ^a   Exposito A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Endometriosis; Epidemiology; Sj gren's syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 34948834073     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203307081339     Document Type: Article

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