Clinical predictive factors for endometriosis in a Portuguese infertile population

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2126-2131

  Calhaz Jorge, C ^a   Mol, Ben W ^b   Nunes, J ^a   Costa, A P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Epidemiology; Infertility; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 4544385255     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh374     Document Type: Article

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