Endometriosis in menopause: A single institution experience

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 286, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1571-1575

  Morotti, Matteo ^a   Remorgida, Valentino ^a   Venturini, Pier Luigi ^a   Ferrero, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endometriosis; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENOPAUSE; METAPLASIA; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OVARY CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDIX TUMOR; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARCINOMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HYPERPLASIA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY CYST; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA TUMOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARCINOMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84877622668     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2473-5     Document Type: Article

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