A promise in the treatment of endometriosis: An observational cohort study on ovarian endometrioma reduction by N-acetylcysteine

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Porpora, Maria Grazia ^a   Brunelli, Roberto ^a   Costa, Graziella ^b   Imperiale, Ludovica ^a   Krasnowska, Ewa K ^b   Lundeberg, Thomas ^c   Nofroni, Italo ^d   Piccioni, Maria Grazia ^a   Pittaluga, Eugenia ^b   Ticino, Adele ^a   Parasassi, Tiziana ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Sabbatsberg Hospital   (Sweden)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIAN ENDOMETRIOMA; OVARIAN ENDOMETRIOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84878743127     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/240702     Document Type: Article

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