Benign metastasizing leiomyoma and lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Sex-specific diseases?

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-360

  Pitts, Shannon ^a   Oberstein, Elana M ^b   Glassberg, Marilyn K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANASTROZOLE; ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GOSERELIN; HALOFUGINONE; HEPARIN DERIVATIVE; IFOSFAMIDE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MESNA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PIRFENIDONE; PROGESTERONE; RG 13577; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEPATITIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHANGIOMYOMA; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1942476131     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2004.01.014     Document Type: Review

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