K D Ballard

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2008

Study types

  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2008
Can symptomatology help in the diagnosis of endometriosis? Findings from a national case–control study—Part 1
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01878.x

OBJECTIVE: To determine the value of patient-reported symptoms in diagnosing endometriosis. DESIGN: A national case-control study. SETTING: Data from the UK General Practice Research Database for years 1992-2001. SAMPLE: A total of 5540 wom…

article 2008
Endometriosis and its coexistence with irritable bowel syndrome and pelvic inflammatory disease: findings from a national case–control study—Part 2
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01879.x

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the increased chances of having a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women with endometriosis is due to misdiagnosis or co-morbidity. DESIGN: A case-control…