Do symptomatic endometriosis and uterine fibroids appear together

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-38

  Uimari, Outi ^a   Järvelä, Ilkka ^a   Ryynänen, Markku ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; subfertility; uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 79960261513     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.82358     Document Type: Article

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