A logistic model for the prediction of endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-55

  Stegmann, Barbara J ^a   Funk, Michele Jonsson ^c   Sinaii, Ninet ^b   Hartmann, Katherine E ^d   Segars, James ^a   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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; logistic regression modeling; prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849117432     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.038     Document Type: Article

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