Incidence and Estimated Prevalence of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis in Northeast Italy: A Data Linkage Study

Despite being quite frequent and having serious implications in terms of symptomatology and fertility, data on incidence and prevalence of endometriosis and adenomyosis following gold standard definitions are dramatically lacking. The average time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis in industrialize...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-04, Vol.11 (4), p.e0154227-e0154227
Main Authors: Morassutto, Caterina, Monasta, Lorenzo, Ricci, Giuseppe, Barbone, Fabio, Ronfani, Luca
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Adenomyosis - diagnosis
Adenomyosis - epidemiology
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Automation
Biology and Life Sciences
Childrens health
Demographic aspects
Disease
Endometriosis
Endometriosis - diagnosis
Endometriosis - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Estimates
Female
Fertility
Gynecology
Health risk assessment
Health sciences
Histology
Hormones
Humans
Hysterectomy
Incidence
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Italy - epidemiology
Laparoscopy
Maternal & child health
Medical imaging
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Population
Prevalence
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Public health
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk factors
Systematic review
Ultrasonic imaging
Womens health
Young Adult
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subjects Adenomyosis - diagnosis
Adenomyosis - epidemiology
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Automation
Biology and Life Sciences
Childrens health
Demographic aspects
Disease
Endometriosis
Endometriosis - diagnosis
Endometriosis - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Estimates
Female
Fertility
Gynecology
Health risk assessment
Health sciences
Histology
Hormones
Humans
Hysterectomy
Incidence
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Italy - epidemiology
Laparoscopy
Maternal & child health
Medical imaging
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Population
Prevalence
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Public health
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk factors
Systematic review
Ultrasonic imaging
Womens health
Young Adult
title Incidence and Estimated Prevalence of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis in Northeast Italy: A Data Linkage Study
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