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Abstract
About 10% of reproductive-age women have endometriosis. Symptoms can include severe pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dysuria, infertility, and fatigue. The pathogenesis is unclear. Hormonal therapy controls symptoms in some women; others require surgery, which may not be effective.
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Title
Endometriosis
Author
Zondervan, Krina T; Becker, Christian M; Missmer, Stacey A 1
1 From the Endometriosis Care and Research (CaRe) Centre, Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health (K.T.Z., C.M.B.), and Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics (K.T.Z.), University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Center for Endometriosis, Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — all in Boston (S.A.M.); and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids (S.A.M.).
1 From the Endometriosis Care and Research (CaRe) Centre, Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health (K.T.Z., C.M.B.), and Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics (K.T.Z.), University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Center for Endometriosis, Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — all in Boston (S.A.M.); and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids (S.A.M.).
Pages
1244-1256
Section
Review Article
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Mar 26, 2020
Website
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2383080884
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