Symptomatic intestinal endometriosis requiring surgical resection: Clinical presentation and preoperative diagnosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1325-1332

  Kaufman, Lia C ^a   Smyrk, Thomas C ^a   Levy, Michael J ^a   Enders, Felicity T ^a   Oxentenko, Amy S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE ENDOMETRIOSIS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 85027941418     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.66     Document Type: Article

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