Endometriosis: Ancient disease, ancient treatments

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Nezhat, Camran ^a   Nezhat, Farr ^b,c   Nezhat, Ceana ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CURETTAGE; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC OVARIAN CYST; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METRITIS; MIDDLE AGES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MYOMECTOMY; NEUROSIS; NONHUMAN; NYMPHOMANIA; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYST; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CYST; RETROUTERINE HEMATOCELE; UTERINE SUFFOCATION; UTERINE ULCER; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS SYNECHIA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 84870568642     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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