Risk factors for dysmenorrhea and its severity in women with ovarian endometriomas

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Liu, Xishi ^a,b   Yuan, Lei ^a,b   Wang, Yuedong ^c   Shen, Fanghua ^a,b   Guo, Sun Wei ^d  

^a Shanghai Corps Hospital   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Ovarian endometrioma; Risk factors; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48649086264     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000140513     Document Type: Article

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