Dogma, skepsis, and the analytic method: The role of prophylactic oophorectomy at the time of hysterectomy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 214-215

  Olive, David L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HYSTERECTOMY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 22544435493     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000173317.49461.52     Document Type: Editorial

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