Poor results after surgery for rectovaginal endometriosis can be related to uterine adenomyosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3360-3361

  Brosens, Ivo ^a   Benagiano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867817889     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des276     Document Type: Letter

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