How do we define the term idiopathic?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 468-473

  Tirlapur, Seema A ^a   Priest, Lee ^b   Daniels, Jane P ^b   Khan, Khalid S ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

definition; idiopathic; pelvic pain; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FACE VALIDITY; GOLD STANDARD; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; UTERUS MYOMA; WELLBEING;

CHRONIC PAIN; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84888130892     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000025     Document Type: Review

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