Fertility and uterine size among asian women undergoing hysterectomy for leiomyomas

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-37

  Sato, Fumio ^a   Miyake, Hirotsugu ^a   Nishi, Motoi ^a   Kudo, Ryuichi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Hysterectomy; Leiomyoma; Uterine size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; JAPAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0034010725     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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