Adenomyosis and subfertility: A systematic review of prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and fertility outcomes

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-392

  Maheshwari, Abha ^a   Gurunath, Sumana ^a   Fatima, Farah ^b   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Fertility outcomes; MRI; Subfertility; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADENOMYOSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ADENOMYOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84863487968     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dms006     Document Type: Review

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