Can we finally move away from the surgical diagnosis of endometriosis?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 609-

  Moragianni, Vasiliki A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84865694642     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.05.028     Document Type: Editorial

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