Peritoneal, Ovarian, and Rectovaginal Endometriosis are Three Different Entities

Endometriosis: Science and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 92-107

  Donnez, Jacques ^a   Donnez, Olivier ^a   Lousse, Jean Christophe ^a   Squifflet, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Deep endometriosis; Endometrioma; Ovarian endometriosis; Peritoneal endometriosis; Rectovaginal endometriosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871942759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444398519.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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