Adenomyosis: A life-cycle approach

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 220-232

  Benagiano, Giuseppe ^a   Brosens, Ivo ^b   Habiba, Marwan ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adenomyosis; adolescent; adult; post menopausal; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERTILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIPARA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL BIAS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PRECISION MEDICINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84924024722     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.11.005     Document Type: Review

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