Family incidence of endometriosis in first-, second-, and third-degree relatives: Case-control study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nouri, Kazem ^a   Ott, Johannes ^a   Krupitz, Birgitt ^b   Huber, Johannes C ^a   Wenzl, Rene ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LKH Gmunden   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; OVARY DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954329556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-85     Document Type: Article

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