Why we need international agreement on terms and definitions to assess clinical outcome after endometriosis surgery

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1598-1599

  Meuleman, C ^a   Dhoore, A ^b   Van Cleynenbreugel, B ^b   Tomassetti, C ^a   D'Hooghe, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE RESECTION; LETTER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957445351     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der098     Document Type: Letter

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