Endometriosis in a Patient with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome and Complete Uterine Agenesis: Evidence to Support the Theory of Coelomic Metaplasia

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mok Lin, Evelyn Y ^a,b,c   Wolfberg, Adam ^a,b,c   Hollinquist, Heidi ^a,b,c   Laufer, Marc R ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Metaplasia; MRKH; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; COELOMIC METAPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMETRA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; METAPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE AGENESIS; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VAGINA APLASIA;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MULLERIAN DUCTS; SYNDROME; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449203229     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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