Endometriosis, a modern syndrome

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 581-593

  Brosens, Ivo ^a   Benagiano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis endometriosis pathogenesis prevention

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIGESTAGEN; DANAZOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GESTRINONE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; NAFARELIN ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; ULIPRISTAL;

ACNE; ADENOMYOSIS; ADOLESCENCE; AMENORRHEA; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMENORRHEA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HIRSUTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERMENORRHEA; HYPOESTROGENISM; LAPAROSCOPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROSCOPY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY CYST; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; PERITONEAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; PERITONEUM; PHYSICIAN; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CAVITY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VOICE CHANGE;

EID: 80052984009     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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