Endometrial ablation

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 226-232

  Hart, Roger ^a   Magos, Adam ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030793093     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199708000-00003     Document Type: Article

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