Reply: Diagnosis of rectovaginal endometriosis
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Diagnosis, management, and long-term outcomes of rectovaginal endometriosis
Rectovaginal endometriosis is the most severe form of endometriosis. Clinically, it presents with a number of symptoms including chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, deep dyspareunia, dyschezia, and rectal bleeding. The gold standard for diagnosis is laparoscopy with histological confirmation; however, there are a number of options for presurgical diagnosis, including clinical examination, transv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den306