How can we measure endometriosis-associated pelvic pain?

Journal of Endometriosis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 109-116

  Gerlinger, Christoph ^a   Schumacher, Ulrike ^b   Wentzeck, René ^a   Uhl Hochgräber, Kerstin ^a   Solomayer, Erich F ^c   Schmitz, Heinz ^a   Faustmann, Thomas ^a   Seitz, Christian ^a  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effect size; Endometriosis; Pelvic pain; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868369633     PISSN: 20359969     EISSN: 2036282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JE.2012.9725     Document Type: Article

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