Cervical stenosis: A challenging clinical entity

Journal of Gynecologic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 129-143

  Valle, Rafael F ^a   Sankpal, Rajendra ^a   Marlow, John L ^b   Cohen, Leeber ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMETRA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX STENOSIS;

EID: 0036987493     PISSN: 10424067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104240602762555939     Document Type: Article

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