Alternatives to hysterectomy for the treatment of excessive uterine bleeding

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 233-237

  Robins, J C ^a   Liu, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; MEFENAMIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ALOPECIA; BALLOON; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIRSUTISM; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LARYNX DISORDER; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DANAZOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; PROGESTERONE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0034029808     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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