Endometriosis, need for a multidisciplinary clinical setting: The internist's point of view

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 463-467

  Montalto, Massimo ^a   Santoro, Luca ^a   D'Onofrio, Ferruccio ^a   Gallo, Antonella ^a   Campo, Sebastiano ^a   Campo, Vincenzo ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Associated diseases; Differential diagnosis; Endometriosis

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; REVIEW;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN;

EID: 78649634211     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-010-0404-7     Document Type: Review

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