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Definition of the disease
The gold standard for diagnosis of endometriosis is visual inspection with histologic confirmation of macroscopic lesions, usually by laparoscopy
CNGOF 2006, ESHRE 2013, ACOG 2010
Pelvic pain symptoms advocating endometriosis are very common in the general population
One thousand women in the Oxford Endometriosis Gene (OXEGENE) study Sinaii et al Fertil Steril, 2008
General population of women
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspareunia
Non menstrual pelvic pain
USA
Jamieson et al 1996
90%
46%
39%
France
Fauconnier et al 2006
84%
41%
41%
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