Adenomyosis as a disorder of the early and late human reproductive period

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-685

  Kunz, George ^a   Herbertz, M ^b   Beil, D ^b   Huppert, G ^b   Leyendecker, G ^b  

^a ST JOHANNES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Archimetra; Endometriosis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS;

EID: 37349044285     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60535-4     Document Type: Article

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