Successful myomectomy during pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1699-1702

  Lolis, D E ^a   Kalantaridou, S N ^a   Makrydimas, G ^a   Sotiriadis, A ^a   Navrozoglou, I ^a   Zikopoulos, K ^a   Paraskevaidis, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Leiomyoma; Management of leiomyoma; Myomectomy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0043125491     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg318     Document Type: Article

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