Zoladex (goserelin acetate) and the anemic patient: Results of a multicenter fibroid study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-229

  Benagiano, G ^a   Kivinen, S T ^a   Fadini, R ^a   Cronje, H ^a   Klintorp, S ^a   Van der Spuy, Z M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

anemic; double blind comparison; Goserelin acetate; iron; prospective; randomized clinical trial; surgery; uterine leiomyomata

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GOSERELIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0030015559     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58443-x     Document Type: Article

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