Endometriomas are more frequent on the left side

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-106

  Sznurkowski, Jacek J ^a,b   Emerich, Janusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; Endometriosis; Ovarian tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37549021780     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701671929     Document Type: Article

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