Endometriosis: A critical appraisal of the advances and the controversies of a challenging health problem

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-298

  Bedaiwy, M A ^a,b,c   Abdel Aleem, M A ^c   Miketa, A ^b   Falcone, T ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Polymorphism, genetic; Reproductive techniques; Surgery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CA 125 ANTIGEN; DANAZOL; GESTAGEN; GESTRINONE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NAFARELIN ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZZINESS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESEARCH; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLUID RETENTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MIGRAINE; OILY SKIN; OSTEOLYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STEROIDOGENESIS; VAGINITIS; VOICE CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 72249114037     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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