Leiomyoma of the round ligament in a postmenopausal woman

Maturitas

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-135

  Lösch, Alexander ^a   Haider Angeler, Maria Gabriela ^a   Kainz, Christian ^b   Breitenecker, Gerhard ^b   Lahodny, Johann ^a  

^a Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hormonal replacement therapy; Leiomyoma; Round ligament

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TIBOLONE; TRISEQUENS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; LIGAMENT DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTINS; ROUND LIGAMENT;

EID: 0344958678     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(98)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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