The Role of Office Hysteroscopy in Menopause

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-106

  Bettocchi, Stefano ^a,b   Nappi, Luigi ^a   Ceci, Oronzo ^a   Santoro, Angela ^a   Fattizzi, Nicola ^a   Nardelli, Claudia ^a   Cormio, Gennaro ^a   DePalo, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POLYP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX POLYP; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

EID: 1642341737     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)60024-2     Document Type: Article

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