Uterine leiomyomata - A feature of acromegaly

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1945-1946

  Cohen, Ohad ^a,b   Schindel, Bella ^a   Homburg, Roy ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone; Leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0031851136     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.7.1945     Document Type: Article

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