Individualized management of umbilical endometriosis: A report of seven cases

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-45

  Saito, Ako ^a   Koga, Kaori ^a   Osuga, Yutaka ^a   Harada, Miyuki ^a   Takemura, Yuri ^a   Yoshimura, Kotaro ^a   Yano, Tetsu ^a   Kozuma, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Empirical treatment; Endometriosis; Extragenital; Oral contraceptive; Umbilicus

Indexed keywords

DIENOGEST; DINAGEST; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE; LUNABELL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RADICAL RESECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; UMBILICAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; UMBILICUS; WIDE EXCISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EMPIRICAL TREATMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXTRAGENITAL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE; UMBILICUS;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; TOKYO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84897102689     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12118     Document Type: Article

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