Treatment of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis: A committee opinion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 927-935

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ANASTROZOLE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BUSERELIN; DANAZOL; DESOGESTREL; DIENOGEST; DYDROGESTERONE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GESTRINONE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; LEVONORGESTREL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MIFEPRISTONE; NAFARELIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TRIPTORELIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CYSTECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IRRITABLE COLON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEVONORGESTREL RELEASING INTRAUTERINE SYSTEM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; NEURECTOMY; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN THRESHOLD; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIC NERVE; PELVIC PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897395063     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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