Diagnosis of endometriosis: Laboratory and imaging diagnosis and future perspectives

Endometriosis: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-92

  Meola, Juliana ^a   Rosa e Silva, Julio César ^a   dos Santos Hidalgo, Gabriela ^a   Rocha, Marcelo Gondim ^a   Ferriani, Rui Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Diagnosis; Endometriosis

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