Correlation of anterior vaginal wall pain with endometriosis in infertile patients

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-150

  Paulson, John D ^a,b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Infertility; Interstitial cystitis; Painful bladder syndrome; Pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANTERIOR VAGINAL WALL PAIN; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYCLE; PAIN; POSTCOITAL TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 63749091931     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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