Management of leiomyomas: Is there a panacea in Pandora's box?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-43

  Munro, Malcolm G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASOPRISNIL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 30344488159     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1298     Document Type: Article

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