High rate of allergies among women with endometriosis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-293

  Matalliotakis, I ^a,b   Cakmak, H ^a   Matalliotakis, M ^b   Kappou, D ^b   Arici, A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergies; asthma; autoimmune disorders; endometriosis; familial aggregation

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS ALLERGIC RHINITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857856191     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2011.644358     Document Type: Article

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