Attitudes and clinical practice of Italian gynecologists towards prophylactic oophorectomy during hysterectomy for benign conditions

Maturitas

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-159

  Mezzopane, Raffaella ^a   Ricci, Elena ^a   Chatenoud, Liliane ^a   Cisternino, Antonio ^b   Chiantera, Antonio ^b   Parazzini, Fabio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Assoc Ostetrici e Ginecologi O   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Clinical practice; Oophorectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERECTOMY; ITALY; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0030199979     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(96)82005-6     Document Type: Article

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