The demise of the D and C

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 76-79

  Seamark, Clare J ^a  

^a The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031883032     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689809100207     Document Type: Short Survey

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