Clinical Predictors of Endometriosis in the Infertility Population: Is There a Better Way to Determine Who Needs a Laparoscopy?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 552-557

  Whitehill, Kellie ^a   Yong, Paul J ^a,b   Williams, Christina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Prenatal Biochemistry Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical prediction; Endometriosis; Infertility; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERUS;

ADULT; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 84864763369     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35271-9     Document Type: Article

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