Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39, January 2009

Diagnostic experience among 4,334 women reporting surgically diagnosed endometriosis

  • Rebecca Greene, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Pamela Stratton, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Sean D. Cleary, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
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  • Mary Lou Ballweg, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Endometriosis Association International Headquarters, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  • Ninet Sinaii, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ninet Sinaii, Ph.D., Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, Room 2N-228, Bethesda, MD 20892-1871 (FAX: 301-496-0457).

Received 9 September 2007; received in revised form 8 November 2007; accepted 9 November 2007. published online 25 March 2008.

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 The 1998 Endometriosis Association Survey was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. The research for this study was supported by the Intramural Program of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and the Endometriosis Association International Headquarters, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

PII: S0015-0282(07)04085-X

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.020

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39, January 2009