QOL and endometriosis of the woman. A grasp of pathophysiology. Definition and disease concept of endometriosis.

Accession number;01A0265219
Title;QOL and endometriosis of the woman. A grasp of pathophysiology. Definition and disease concept of endometriosis.
Author; ADACHI TOMOKO (Tokyo Women's Med. Coll.)
Journal Title;Clinics & Drug Therapy
Journal Code:S0115B
ISSN:0913-7505
VOL.20;NO.2;PAGE.96-99(2001)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.3, REF.6
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Definitions and disease concepts of endometriosis (EN) are described. Pathophysiology of EN is the growth and the development of the endometrium or endometrium-like tissues in the position except for the cavum uteri and corpus uteri tunica muscularis, and the favorite sites are shown. As the disease concept of EN, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, therapeutic purposes (pain removal, lesion removal, sterility treatment) and treatments (analgesic drug, hormonotherapy, operation treatment, sterility treatment, etc.) are described.