Risk factors associated with endometriosis among infertile Iranian women

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 506-514

  Moini, Ashraf ^a,b   Malekzadeh, Farideh ^a   Amirchaghmaghi, Elham ^a,c   Kashfi, Fahimeh ^a   Akhoond, Mohammad Reza ^d   Saei, Maryam ^a   Mirbolok, Mohammad Hossein ^e  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Mathematical Science and Computer Faculty   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Infertility; Laparoscopy; Risk factors; Severe endometriosis

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84879816130     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2013.35420     Document Type: Article

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