Risk factors associated with endometriosis: Importance of study population for characterizing disease in the ENDO Study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 451.e1-451.e11

  Peterson, C Matthew ^a   Johnstone, Erica B ^a   Hammoud, Ahmad O ^a   Stanford, Joseph B ^a   Varner, Michael W ^a   Kennedy, Anne ^a   Chen, Zhen ^b   Sun, Liping ^b   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^c   Hediger, Mary L ^b   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^b  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; dysmenorrhea; endometriosis; epidemiology; infertility; laparoscopy; magnetic resonance imaging; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84878394708     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.02.040     Document Type: Article

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