Comparison of revised American Fertility Society and ENZIAN staging: A critical evaluation of classifications of endometriosis on the basis of our patient population

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1574-1578

  Haas, Dietmar ^a   Chvatal, Radek ^a   Habelsberger, Alwin ^a   Wurm, Peter ^a   Schimetta, Wolfgang ^b   Oppelt, Peter ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

AFS; classification; deep infiltrating endometriosis; DIE; Endometriosis; ENZIAN; laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AMERICAN FERTILITY SOCIETY; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZIAN CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAGING; URETER DISEASE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; DOUGLAS' POUCH; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POPULATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 79952988605     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.135     Document Type: Article

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