Mysteries of endometriosis pain: Chien-Tien Hsu Memorial Lecture 2009

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Fraser, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endometrium; Nerve fibers; Pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; GESTAGEN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; SUBSTANCE P;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ALLODYNIA; AXONAL INJURY; BLOATING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COLIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; INGUINAL REGION; IRRITABLE COLON; LAPAROSCOPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELINATED NERVE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PELVIC NERVE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM; REFERRED PAIN; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIGH; UMBILICUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PROGESTINS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 76349099796     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01181.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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