Epidemiology of Endometriosis

Philippe R. Koninckx
In: Endometriosis · 2003 · pp. 1–18 · doi:10.1201/b14235-2 · W2475466340
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Despite a high publication rate, endometriosis remains poorly understood regarding its prevalence, pathophysiology, and role in pelvic pain and infertility due to diagnostic challenges.

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Endometriosis is still poorly understood despite a high and still increasing publication rate of over 500 articles a year, i.e. 455 426, 448, 504 and 534 in the last 5 years respectively. It is considered to be one of the most important causes of pelvic pain and of infertility. The exact prevalence is not known since a laparoscopy is required to make the diagnosis and since the recognition varies with the training and the interest of the laparoscopist. Moreover the pathophysiology is poorly understood, which makes it difficult to formulate and test simple hypotheses.

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