Interrater and intrarater reliability in the diagnosis and staging of endometriosis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-112

  Schliep, Karen C ^a   Stanford, Joseph B ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Bo ^b   Dorais, Jessie K ^b   Boiman Johnstone, Erica ^b   Hammoud, Ahmad O ^c   Varner, Michael W ^c   Louis, Germaine M Buck ^c   Peterson, C Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84871653221     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31825bc6cf     Document Type: Article

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