HEALTH OF WOMAN.2015.4(100):118–121; doi 10.15574/HW.2015.100.118 
 

Clinical aspects of long-term treatment of endometriosis at dienogest 
 

Pyrohova V. I., Shurpyak S. A., Kryvko B. J.

Lviv national medical University named Danylo Galitsky

Municipal clinical emergency hospital, Lviv 
 

The article reviews clinical aspects of long-term treatment of endometriosis with the use of dienogest in patients with gynecological proliferative syndrome.
 

Key words: endometriosis, dienogest, gynecological proliferative syndrome. 
 

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