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Endometriosis
- Topic Overview
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- Symptoms
- What Happens
- What Increases Your Risk
- When To Call a Doctor
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- Treatment Overview
- Prevention
- Home Treatment
- Medications
- Surgery
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- Other Places To Get Help
- Related Information
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Citations
Speroff L, Fritz MA (2005). Endometriosis. In Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 7th ed., pp. 1103–1133. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Guidice LC, Kao LC (2004). Endometriosis. Lancet, 364(9447): 1789–1799.
Barbieri RL (2008). Endometriosis. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 16, chap. 10. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.
Lobo RA. (2007). Endometriosis. In VL Katz et al., eds., Comprehensive Gynecology, 5th ed., pp. 473–499. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.
Johnson N, Farquhar C (2006). Endometriosis, search date April 2006. Online version of Clinical Evidence (15).
American Society for Reproductive Medicine (2006). Endometriosis and infertility. Fertility and Sterility, 86(Suppl 4): S156–S160.
Li D, et al. (2003). Exposure to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during pregnancy and risk of miscarriage: Population-based cohort study. BMJ, 327(7411): 368–372.
Modugno F, et al. (2004). Oral contraceptive use, reproductive history, and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in women with and without endometriosis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191(3): 733–740.
Attar E, Bulun S (2006). Aromatase inhibitors: The next generation of therapeutics for endometriosis? Fertility and Sterility, 85(5): 1307–1318.
Cottreau CM, et al. (2003). Endometriosis and its treatment with danazol or lupron in relation to ovarian cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, 9(14): 5142–5144.
Other Works Consulted
American Society for Reproductive Medicine (2006). Treatment of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis. Fertility and Sterility, 84(Suppl 4): S18–S27.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: July 28, 2009 |
| Medical Review: | Sarah Anne Marshall, MD - Family Medicine Deborah A. Penava, BA, MD, FRCSC, MPH - Obstetrics and Gynecology | |
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