Aromatase inhibition for refractory endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 939-942

  Abushahin, Fadi ^a,b   Goldman, Kara N ^a   Barbieri, Elizabeth ^a,c   Milad, Magdy ^a   Rademaker, Alfred ^a   Bulun, Serdar E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Society of Gynecologic Oncologists   (United States)

^c Oregon Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatase inhibitor; Endometriosis; letrozole; pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; GESTAGEN; LETROZOLE; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MOOD CHANGE; OVARY CYST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860390177     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.1136     Document Type: Article

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