Endometrial resection and late reoperation in the treatment of menorrhagia

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-329

  Steffensen, Aage J ^a,b   Schuster, Mikael ^a  

^a NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Nordland Sentralsykehus   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS SURGERY;

EID: 0030927620     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)80223-3     Document Type: Article

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