Early normal menstrual cycle pattern and the development of uterine leiomyomas

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-302

  Sato, Fumio ^a,b   Miyake, Hirotsugu ^a   Nishi, Motoi ^a   Mori, Mitsuru ^a   Kudo, Ryuichi ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; JAPAN; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034054755     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152460900318489     Document Type: Article

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