Predictors of leiomyoma recurrence after myomectomy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 877-881

  Hanafi, Magdi ^a  

^a Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15944425071     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000156298.74317.62     Document Type: Article

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