Is pelvic endometriosis always associated with chronic pain? A retrospective study of 618 cases diagnosed by laparoscopy

Suggestive evidence that pelvic endometriosis is a progressive disease, whereas deeply infiltrating endometriosis is associated with pelvic pain

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Medicine, Gynecology, Pathology +14

Deeply infiltrating pelvic endometriosis: histology and clinical significance

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Stage and localization of pelvic endometriosis and pain

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The association between chronic pelvic pain, psychiatric diagnoses, and childhood sexual abuse

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Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry +13

Laparoscopy in the diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain in adolescent women.

Paolo Vercellini, Luigi Fedele, Luca Arcaini et al. · PubMed · 1989 · 109 citations

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