Rapid growth of a kidney angiomyolipoma after initiation of oral contraceptive therapy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 108, Issue 3 II, 2006, Pages 734-736

  Rothberg, Bonnie E Gould ^a   Grooms, Mary C ^b   Dharnidharka, Vikas R ^b  

^a Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MENORRHAGIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748115970     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000188062.13749.ef     Document Type: Article

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