Adenomyosis: Prevalence, risk factors, symptoms and clinical findings

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-167

  Yeniel, O ^a   Cirpan, T ^a   Ulukus, M ^a   Ozbal, A ^a   Gundem, G ^a   Ozsener, S ^a   Zekioglu, O ^a   Yilmaz, H ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis uteri; Clinical findings; Prevalence; Risk factors; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; PELVIC PAIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 34948834600     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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