Endometriosis--a disease because it is characterized by bleeding
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This paper proposes endometriosis is a physiologic process that becomes a disease due to recurrent bleeding in ectopic implants, suggesting diagnosis and treatment focus on bleeding and amenorrhea.
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The hypothesis is advanced that endometriosis, an ovarian steroid hormone-dependent process, is physiologic unless recurrent bleeding in the ectopic implants causes progressive disease and symptoms. Diagnosis should take into account the detection of chronic bleeding, and efficient medical treatment can be achieved by amenorrhea without the induction of hypoestrogenism.
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- europepmc
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