Medical management of recurrent aggressive angiomyxoma with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 432-435

  Shinohara, Nobuo ^a   Nonomura, Katsuya ^a   Ishikawa, Shuhei ^a   Seki, Haruo ^b   Koyanagi, Tomohiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Memorial Hospital of Urology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggresive angiomyxoma; Estrogen receptor; Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist; Medical management; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEIOMYOMA; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PERINEUM; URINARY DIVERSION;

EID: 3042822239     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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