Successful pregnancies following laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) for treatment of large uterine leiomyomas by a minimally invasive method

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1024-1025

  Chapman, Roxana ^a,b  

^a CROMWELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Estrogen receptors; Laser induced interstitial thermotherapy; Potassium titanyl phosphate neodymium; Yttrium aluminum garnet laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LASERS; LEIOMYOMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032443364     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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