Indications for hysterectomy: Have they changed?

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 878-885

  Steege, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMED CONSENT; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; PELVIC PAIN; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0031410380     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199712000-00023     Document Type: Review

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