A pilot study to evaluate the clinical relevance of endometriosis-associated nerve fibers in peritoneal endometriotic lesions

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1856-1861

  Mechsner, Sylvia ^a   Kaiser, Andrea ^a   Kopf, Andreas ^a   Gericke, Christine ^a   Ebert, Andreas ^b   Bartley, Julia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

dysmenorrhea; Endometriosis; pain conduction; pathophysiology of endometriosis related pain; pelvic pain; sensory nerve fibers

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; OVARY CYST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PELVIC PAIN; PERITONEUM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749143593     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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