Fertility outcomes following myomectomy in an urban hospital setting

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1346-1348

  Sinclair, Donna ^a,b   Gaither, Kecia ^a,b,c   Mason, Tina C ^a,b  

^a Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center ^*

^b BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Ob/Gyn   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Leiomyomata; Myomectomy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MYOMECTOMY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LEIOMYOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26444523471     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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