{"paper_id":"36819afd-1cff-46b4-9615-6ea5d73f1d50","body_text":"Abstract\nEndometriosis is a disease which afflicts women of reproductive age. It is one of the most common causes of pelvic pain and infertility; an estimated 5 million women in the U.S. are affected.1 Despite its apparent widespread occurrence, there are no national or international surveillance systems to determine how many suffer from this disease. Since there is no noninvasive test that is highly selective and specific for endometriosis, studies of its prevalence and incidence have been limited to women undergoing gynecologic operations.\nPreview\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nBallweg ML. Public testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Aging, May 5, 1993.\nWheeler JM. Epidemiology and prevalence of endometriosis. Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America 1992;3(3):545–549.\nHasson HM. Incidence of endometriosis in diagnostic laparoscopy. J Reprod Med 1976;16:135–138.\nDrake TS, Grunert GM. The unsuspected pelvic factor in the infertility evaluation. Fertil Steril 1980;34:27–31.\nStrathy JH, Molgoard CA, Coulam CB, et al. Endometriosis and infertility: a laparoscopic study of endometriosis among fertile and infertile women. Fertil Steril 1982;38:667–672.\nVerkauf BS. The incidence, symptoms, and signs of endometriosis in fertile and infertile women. J Fla Med Assoc 1987;74:671–675.\nCandiani GB, Vercellini P, Fedele L, Colombo A, Candiani M. Mild endometriosis and infertility: a critical review of epidemiologic data, diagnostic pitfalls, and classification limits. Obstet Gynecol Survey 1991;46(6): 374–382.\nBoling RO, Abbasi R, Ackerman G, Shipul AH Jr, Chaney SA. Disability from endometriosis in the United States Army. J Reprod Med 1988;33:49–52.\nHaupt BJ, Grave E. Detailed diagnoses and procedures for patients discharged from short-stay hospitals: United States 1979. Hyattsville, MD. National Center for Health Statistics, 1982; DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 82–1274–1.\nHouston DE, Noller KL, Melton J III, Selwyn BJ. The epidemiology of pelvic endometriosis. Clin Obstet Gynecol 1988;31(4):787–800.\nStatistical abstracts of the United States. U.S. Bureau of Census Current Population Reports. Series P-25. U.S. Government Printing Office.\nVessey MP, Villard-Mackintosh L, Painter R. Epidemiology of endometriosis in women attending family planning clinics. Brit Med J 1993;306:182–184.\nPrentice A. Epidemiology of endometriosis. Brit Med J 1993;306:585.\nNational Center for Health Statistics. Hysterectomies in the United States, 1965–84. Hyattsville, MD. National Center for Health Statistics, 1987 (Vital and Health Statistics, Series 13, Data from the National Health Survey, No. 92, DHHS Publ No. (PHS) 88–1753).\nBerger GS. Endometriosis: How many women are affected? Endometriosis Association Newsletter 1993; 14(4):4–6.\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 1995 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.\nAbout this chapter\nCite this chapter\nBerger, G.S. (1995). Epidemiology of Endometriosis. In: Nezhat, C.R., Berger, G.S., Nezhat, F.R., Buttram, V.C., Nezhat, C.H. (eds) Endometriosis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8404-5_1\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8404-5_1\nPublisher Name: Springer, New York, NY\nPrint ISBN: 978-1-4613-8406-9\nOnline ISBN: 978-1-4613-8404-5\neBook Packages: Springer Book Archive\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}