Can specific pain symptoms help in the diagnosis of endometriosis? A cohort study of women with chronic pelvic pain

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-27

  Ballard, Karen ^a   Lane, Hazel ^a   Hudelist, Gernot ^b   Banerjee, Saikat ^b   Wright, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

areas of pain; diagnosis; Endometriosis; pain descriptors; pain severity; pain symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952541944     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.164     Document Type: Article

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