Psychiatric morbidity following endometrial ablation and its association with genuine menorrhagia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-363

  Wright, Barry ^a   Gannon, Michael J ^e   Greenberg, Maurice ^b   House, Allan ^c   Rutherford, Tony ^d  

^a York and Selby Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037388179     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02199.x     Document Type: Article

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