Endometriosis in postmenopausal women without previous hormonal therapy: Report of three cases

Climacteric

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-528

  Rosa e Silva, J C ^a,b   Carvalho, B R ^a   Barbosa, H De F ^a   Poli Neto, O B ^a   Rosa E Silva, A C J S ^a   Candido Dos Reis, F J ^a   Nogueira, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Endometriosis; Intestinal endometriosis; Ovarian cyst; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIC PAIN; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POSTMENOPAUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 57349093824     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130802490256     Document Type: Article

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