Dienogest for the treatment of deep endometriosis: Case report and literature review

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 309-313

  Agarwal, Sugandha ^a   Fraser, Margaret Ann ^a   Chen, Innie ^a,b   Singh, Sukhbir Sony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

dienogest; endometriosis; pelvic pain; progestin

Indexed keywords

DIENOGEST; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; NANDROLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLADDER MUCOSA; BLADDER TUMOR; BLADDER WALL; BRAIN FORNIX; CASE REPORT; CATAMENIAL DYSURIA; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSURIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; REVIEW; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT BIOPSY; VASCULARIZATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; VAGINAL DISEASES;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; NANDROLONE; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84921720383     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12527     Document Type: Review

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