Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and surgical management of endometriosis: A chronic disease

Sexuality, Reproduction and Menopause

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 4-8

  Bedaiwy, Mohamed A ^a   Liu, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CA 125 ANTIGEN; DANAZOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEVONORGESTREL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABLATION THERAPY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC UTEROSACRAL NERVE ABLATION; LAPAROSCOPY; NEURECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649570828     PISSN: 15462501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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