Aromatase inhibitors in recurrent ovarian endometriomas: Report of five cases with literature review

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 291.e15-291.e18

  Seal, Subrata Lall ^a   Kamilya, Gourisankar ^b   Mukherji, Joydev ^b   De, Alok ^b   Ghosh, Debdatta ^a   Majhi, Arup Kr ^a  

^a BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

aromatase inhibitor; letrozole; Ovarian endometriomas; pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; GOSERELIN; LETROZOLE; NORETHINODRANE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BONE DENSITY; BONE PAIN; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MASTALGIA; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY TUMOR; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PILOT STUDY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78650418412     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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