Defining future directions for endometriosis research: Workshop report from the 2011 World Congress of Endometriosis in Montpellier, France

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 483-499

  Rogers, Peter A W ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas M ^b,c   Fazleabas, Asgerally ^d   Giudice, Linda C ^e   Montgomery, Grant W ^f   Petraglia, Felice ^g   Taylor, Robert N ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

consensus report; endometriosis; international workshop; research directions

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DANAZOL; GESTRINONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPOXIN A; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84876729141     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719113477495     Document Type: Review

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