Prior pregnancy ameliorates the course of intra-abdominal desmoid tumors in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-450

  Church, James M ^a   McGannon, Ellen ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmoid tumors; Estrogen; Familial adenomatous polyposis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; INDOMETACIN; SULINDAC;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033994935     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237185     Document Type: Article

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