Endometriosis of the ureter and bladder are not associated diseases

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1662-1667

  Abrao, Mauricio Simoes ^a,b   Dias Jr , Joao Antonio ^a,b   Bellelis, Patrick ^a   Podgaec, Sergio ^a,b   Bautzer, Carlos Ricardo ^b   Gromatsky, Celso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bladder endometriosis; deeply infiltrating endometriosis; endometriosis of the urinary tract; Ureteral endometriosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER ENDOMETRIOSIS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SIGMOID; URETER DISEASE; URETER ENDOMETRIOSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URETERAL DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 67349213566     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.143     Document Type: Article

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