A forgotten disease: Pelvic congestion syndrome as a cause of chronic lower abdominal pain.
OBJECTIVES:Pelvic congestion syndrome is defined as chronic pelvic pain due to incompetent (dilated and refluxing) pelvic veins. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of this condition by examining the prevalence of dilated ovarian and para-uterine veins in pre- and postmenopausal...
Main Authors: | Agnieszka Jurga-Karwacka, Grzegorz M Karwacki, Andreas Schoetzau, Christoph J Zech, Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Fabienne D Schwab |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213834 |
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