Prevalence of severe pelvic inflammatory disease and endometriotic ovarian cysts: A 7-year retrospective study

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-236

  Grammatikakis, I ^a   Evangelinakis, N ^a   Salamalekis, G ^a   Tziortzioti, V ^b   Samaras, C ^b   Chrelias, C ^a   Kassanos, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Lito Maternity Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Ovarian cysts; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949120188     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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