Pathology of the NovaSure (radio-frequency) impedance-controlled endometrial ablation system

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1175-1178

  Fadare, Oluwole ^a,b   Qin, Lihui ^a   Martel, Maritza ^a   Tavassoli, Fattaneh A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMPEDANCE; MENORRHAGIA; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TISSUE INJURY;

CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; STROMAL CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS;

EID: 24144470853     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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