Tissue integrity of the regurgitated endometrium is pivotal to the development of endometriosis. Occult, submicroscopic lesions occur. Diagnostic laparoscopy may underestimate as well as overestimate the presence of endometriosis. (c) 2005 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
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Med Univ S Carolina, Dept Med, Div Gastroenterol & Hepatol, Charleston, SC 29425 USAMed Univ S Carolina, Dept Med, Div Gastroenterol & Hepatol, Charleston, SC 29425 USA