Treating endometriosis pain: a multidisciplinary approach
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Seminars in Reproductive Endocrinology
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Endometriosis is a painful recurring disease for which there are several treatments but little or no clinical guides for optimal application. In order to more appropriately treat these patients, we need to take a more holistic long-term approach to disease management.
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