Intrinsic form of ureteral endometriosis causing ureteral obstruction and partial loss of kidney function

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-184

  Horn, L C ^a   Do Minh, M ^a   Stolzenburg, J U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder; Endometriosis; Female; Ureter

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOW BACK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY; URETER DISEASE; URETER ENDOMETRIOSIS; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSTOMY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; URETERAL DISEASES; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 8344262449     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079702     Document Type: Article

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