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. 1999 Jul;72(1):10-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00196-x.

How old is endometriosis? Late 17th- and 18th-century European descriptions of the disease

V J Knapp  1
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How old is endometriosis? Late 17th- and 18th-century European descriptions of the disease

V J Knapp. Fertil Steril. 1999 Jul.
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Abstract

DESIGN OF THE PROJECT: This study is the result of a detailed examination of numerous historical documents as well as several contemporary works describing endometriosis. The historic texts are housed in the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, and had not been unearthed previously. Those primary sources date from 1690 to 1797 and repeatedly describe the organic damage and constitutional symptoms currently identified with endometriosis. The biologic research for this study was done during 1997 and 1998 in the Pathology Department of the Canton-Potsdam Hospital located in Potsdam, New York.

Conclusion(s): Endometriosis was described in European history approximately 300 years ago.

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  • A compass for understanding endometriosis.
    Batt RE. Batt RE. Fertil Steril. 2000 Jan;73(1):179; author reply 180-1. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00477-x. Fertil Steril. 2000. PMID: 10632440 No abstract available.
  • A compass for understanding endometriosis.
    Brosens I, Steeno O. Brosens I, et al. Fertil Steril. 2000 Jan;73(1):179-80; author reply 180-1. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00478-1. Fertil Steril. 2000. PMID: 10632441 No abstract available.

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