Using location, color, size, and depth to characterize and identify endometriosis lesions in a cohort of 133 women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1632-1636

  Stegmann, Barbara J ^a   Sinaii, Ninet ^b   Liu, Shannon ^a   Segars, James ^a   Merino, Maria ^c   Nieman, Lynnette K ^a   Stratton, Pamela ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; laparoscopy; lesion characteristics; lesion color; prediction of endometriosis; surgical diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; RALOXIFENE; URINARY BLADDER; UTERUS;

EID: 44349126566     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.042     Document Type: Article

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