GnRH agonist for intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac extension: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 883-886

  Mitsuhashi, Akira ^a   Nagai, Yuuichiro ^a   Sugita, Michio ^a   Nakajima, Nobuyuki ^a   Sekiya, Souei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GnRH; GnRH agonist; Leiomyomatosis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEUPROLIDE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0032726698     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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