Endometrial ablation and resection: Validation of a new surgical concept

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1329-1331

  Garry, Ray ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LASER COAGULATION; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0030720074     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10998.x     Document Type: Note

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