Polycythemia as a result of ectopic erythropoietin production in benign cystic leiomyoma of uterus

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 887-888

  Maslovsky, I ^a   Gemer, O ^a   Gefel, D ^a   Zimra, Y ^b   Lugassy, G ^a  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Leiomyoma; Polycythemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MYOMECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; POLYCYTHEMIA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745595632     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600608865     Document Type: Article

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