Criteria for the diagnosis of diffuse uterine myohypertrophy

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-36

  Traiman, P ^a   Saldiva, P ^b   Haiashi, A ^a   Franco, M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diffuse uterine myohypertrophy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE INJURY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS WEIGHT; WEIGHT;

EID: 0030199880     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02676-8     Document Type: Article

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