Treatment of large uterine fibroids

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 494-496

  Sutton, C J G ^a,b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN;

DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS CANCER;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LEIOMYOMA; NECROSIS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029665460     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09794.x     Document Type: Note

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