Endometrial ablation for severe menorrhagia in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-185

  Berry, David L ^a,c   DeLeon, Frank D ^a,b  

^a JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endometrium; hereditary hemorrhagic; menorrhagia; telangiectasia

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA AND METRORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 0029887674     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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