Evaluation of risk factors associated with endometriosis in infertile women

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-21

  Ashrafi, Mahnaz ^a,b   Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, Shahideh ^a,c   Akhoond, Mohammad Reza ^d   Talebi, Mehrak ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Case comparison study; Endometriosis; Infertility; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GALACTORRHEA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARITY; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84962820716     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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