Open AccessDo symptomatic endometriosis and uterine fibroids appear together?
Author(s) -
Outi Uimari,
Ilkka Y. Järvelä,
Markku Ryynänen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of human reproductive sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-1208
pISSN - 1998-4766
DOI - 10.4103/0974-1208.82358
Subject(s) - endometriosis , uterine fibroids , medicine , fertility , gynecology , infertility , asymptomatic , obstetrics , pregnancy , population , biology , environmental health , genetics
Endometriosis and uterine fibroids are common gynecological disorders in fertile women. It has been suggested that these two disorders may be associated with each other. In this study, we tested whether this connection exists. In addition, we wanted to evaluate whether they both affect fertility independently of each other.