Regional lymphatic spread in women with pelvic endometriosis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 560-563

  Gong, Yao ^a,b   Tempfer, Clemens B ^c  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGIONAL LYMPHATIC SPREAD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79952312656     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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