TY - JOUR AU - Leonardi, Mathew AU - Horne, Andrew W. AU - Armour, Mike AU - Missmer, Stacey A. AU - Roman, Horace AU - Rombauts, Luk AU - Hummelshoj, Lone AU - Wattiez, Arnaud AU - Condous, George AU - Johnson, Neil P. PY - 2020 DA - July TI - Endometriosis and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Clinical Advice and Future Considerations JO - Frontiers in Reproductive Health VL - 2 IS - 5 DO - https://doi.org/10.3389/frph.2020.00005 AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic shift in the clinical practice of women's health and routine care for endometriosis has been severely disrupted. Endometriosis is defined as an inflammatory disease characterized by lesions of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus that is associated with pelvic pain and/or infertility. It affects ~10% of reproductive age women worldwide, is diagnosed by surgical visualization or by radiological imaging, and is managed with hormone treatments or by laparoscopic removal of lesions. PB - Frontiers Media UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/endometriosis-and-the-coronavirus-covid19-pandemic-clinical-advice-and-future-considerations(77cb40ee-c3fd-4eb6-ae21-18217cfbaf70).html KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19) ER