American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 6 , Pages 534.e1-534.e6 , June 2010

Early menstrual characteristics associated with subsequent diagnosis of endometriosis

Background material regarding the study in the article (but not this topic) was presented at the 10th World Congress on Endometriosis, Melbourne, Australia, March 11-14, 2008.

  • Susan A. Treloar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Military and Veterans' Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • Cancer and Population Studies Group, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Susan A. Treloar, PhD, Center for Military and Veterans' Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
    • ,
  • Tanya A. Bell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health, Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, Australia
    • ,
  • Christina M. Nagle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cancer and Population Studies Group, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • David M. Purdie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Adèle C. Green, MBBS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cancer and Population Studies Group, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 5 July 2009 ,Accepted 16 October 2009.

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 Dr Treloar was supported by the Cooperative Research Center for Discovery of Genes for Common Human Diseases and by NHMRC Grant 339430. Drs Bell and Nagle were funded by fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.

 Cite this article as: Treloar SA, Bell TA, Nagle CM, et al. Early menstrual characteristics associated with subsequent diagnosis of endometriosis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:534.e1-6.

PII: S0002-9378(09)01980-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.857

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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