Endometrial laser interstitial hyperthermy: A potential modality for endometrial ablation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 459-464

  Donnez, Jacques ^a   Polet, Roland ^b   Mathieu, Pierre Emmanuel ^b   Konwitz, Eli ^b   Nisolle, Michèle ^b   Casanas Roux, Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0029865132     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00412-2     Document Type: Article

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