Ovarian cysts and cyclic hormone replacement therapy: Is there an association?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 563-566

  Bar Hava, Itai ^b   Orvieto, Raoul ^b   Vardimon, David ^b   Manor, Yoram ^b   Weissman, Ariel ^b   Nelinger, Roni ^b   Ben Rafael, Zion ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Ovarian cyst

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030914991     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709024585     Document Type: Article

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