Pelvic pain in women with ovarian endometrioma is mostly associated with coexisting peritoneal lesions

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-118

  Khan, Khaleque Newaz ^a   Kitajima, Michio ^a   Fujishita, Akira ^b   Hiraki, Koichi ^a   Matsumoto, Ayumi ^a   Nakashima, Masahiro ^c   Masuzaki, Hideaki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Nagasakiken Saiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

COX2; endometrioma; M ; pelvic pain; peritoneal lesions; PGF2

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OVARY ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84871201779     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des364     Document Type: Article

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