Endometriosis: The consequence of uterine denervation-reinnervation

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1423-1429

  Quinn, Martin J ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Denervation; Endometriosis; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PELVIC DENERVATION; PELVIC NERVE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; REINNERVATION; RETROGRADE MENSTRUATION; SURGICAL INJURY; UTERINE DENERVATION REINNERVATION VIEW; UTERINE NERVE INJURY; UTERINE REINNERVATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFECATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; INJURY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UTERUS;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFECATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PELVIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; UTERUS;

EID: 84862592023     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-2063-y     Document Type: Article

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