Oral contraceptives and endometriosis: the past use of oral contraceptives for treating severe primary dysmenorrhea is associated with endometriosis, especially deep infiltrating endometriosis | Zendy

Charles Chapron | Zendy; Carlos Augusto Bastos de Souza | Zendy; Bruno Borghese | Zendy; Marie-Christine Lafay-Pillet | Zendy; Piétro Santulli | Zendy; G Bijaoui | Zendy; François Goffinet | Zendy; Dominique de Ziegler | Zendy

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Oral contraceptives and endometriosis: the past use of oral contraceptives for treating severe primary dysmenorrhea is associated with endometriosis, especially deep infiltrating endometriosis

Author(s) -

Charles Chapron,

Carlos Augusto Bastos de Souza,

Bruno Borghese,

Marie-Christine Lafay-Pillet,

Piétro Santulli,

G Bijaoui,

François Goffinet,

Dominique de Ziegler

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/der156

Subject(s) - endometriosis , medicine , gynecology , obstetrics

The relationship between the use of oral contraception (OC) and endometriosis remains controversial. We therefore compared various characteristics of OC use and the surgical diagnosis of endometriosis histologically graded as superficial peritoneal endometriosis (SUP), ovarian endometrioma (OMA) or deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE).

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