Potential mechanisms of postmenopausal endometriosis

Maturitas

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-219

  Bendon, Charlotte L ^a   Becker, Christian M ^b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Menopause; Pathophysiology; Postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 84861828230     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.04.010     Document Type: Review

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