Thermal balloon ablation in patients with multiple morbidity: 3-Year follow-up

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 236-239

  Tóth, Dusan ^a   Gervaise, Amelie ^b   Kuzel, Daniel ^a   Fernandez, Herve ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THERMAL BALLOON ABLATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 2542521633     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)60205-8     Document Type: Article

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