Association of pathologic diagnoses with clinical findings in chronic endometritis

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 373-377

  Pitsos, Miltiadis ^a   Skurnick, Joan ^b   Heller, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic endometritis; Genital tract infection; Human immunodeficiency virus; Pelvic pain; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CURETTAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGITIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERUS BLEEDING; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349257980     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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