Frequency of endometriosis among infertile women and association of clinical signs and symptoms with the laparoscopic staging of endometriosis

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-34

  Khawaja, Urooj Bakht ^a   Khawaja, Ameer Ali ^a   Gowani, Saqib Ali ^b   Shoukat, Sana ^b   Ejaz, Sana ^c   Ali, Farzana Nawaz ^b   Rizvi, Javaid ^a   Nawaz, Fauzia Haq ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences ^*  (Pakistan)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149502514     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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