Twelve-month safety and efficacy of low-dose mifepristone for uterine myomas

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-233

  Eisinger, Steven H ^a   Bonfiglio, Thomas ^a   Fiscella, Kevin ^a   Meldrum, Sean ^a   Guzick, David S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAPLASIA; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLE; SYMPTOM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIFEPRISTONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20444424916     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2005.01.022     Document Type: Article

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