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Prevalence of Endometriosis in Adolescent Girls With Chronic Pelvic Pain Not Responding to Conventional Therapy
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Adolescents with chronic pelvic pain not responding to medical therapy have a high rate of endometriosis and should be referred to a gynecologist who is experienced with the subtle laparoscopic findings of atypical endometRIosis to diagnose the etiology of the pelvic pain and initiate appropriate therapy.About:
This article is published in Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.The article was published on 1997-11-01. It has received 276 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pelvic pain & Endometriosis.read more
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High rates of autoimmune and endocrine disorders, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and atopic diseases among women with endometriosis: a survey analysis
TL;DR: Hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune diseases, allergies and asthma are all significantly more common in women with endometriosis than in women in the general USA population.
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Consensus on current management of endometriosis.
Neil P. Johnson,Lone Hummelshoj +1 more
TL;DR: This is the first time that a large, global, consortium, representing 34 major stake-holding organizations from five continents, has convened to systematically evaluate the best available current evidence on the management of endometriosis, and to reach consensus.
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Dysmenorrhea in Adolescents and Young Adults: Etiology and Management
TL;DR: The care provider's role is to explain about pathophysiology of dysmenorrhea to every adolescent and young adult female, address any concern that the patient has about her menstrual period, and review effective treatment options for dys menorrhea with the patient.
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Economic burden of endometriosis.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors comprehensively reviewed and evaluated the direct and indirect costs of endometriosis in the United States and found that the indirect costs associated with reduced work productivity were considerable and appeared driven by hospitalizations.
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Peritoneal endometriosis due to the menstrual dissemination of endometrial tissue into the peritoneal cavity
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Revised American Fertility Society classification of endometriosis: 1985
W. C. Andrews,V. C. Buttram,S. J. Behrman,E. Carmichael,M. R. Cohen,P. Dmowski,R. D. Eward,David S. Guzick,H. W. Jones,R. W. Kistner,J. C. Weed,Charles B. Hammond,H. H. Thomas +12 more
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Retrograde menstruation in healthy women and in patients with endometriosis.
TL;DR: The present observations indicate that retrograde menstruation through the fallopian tubes into the peritoneal cavity is a very common physiologic event in all menstruating women with patent tubes.
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Laparoscopic appearances of peritoneal endometriosis.
TL;DR: The diagnosis of endometriosis at laparoscopy increased from 42% in 1982 to 72% in 1988, and the greatest change is in "subtle" lesions, which increased from 15% in 1986 to 65% in1988.
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Histologic study of peritoneal endometriosis in infertile women
Michelle Nisolle,Bénédicte Paindaveine,Anne Bourdon,Martine Berlière,Françoise Casanas-Roux,Jacques Donnez +5 more
TL;DR: Despite the increased ability to detect pigmented and nonpigmented endometriotic lesion, histological study revealed the presence of endometiosis in normal peritoneum in 13% (group I) and 6% ( group II) of cases.
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