Volume change of uterine myomas during pregnancy: Do myomas really grow?

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 386-390

  Hammoud, Ahmad O ^a   Asaad, Radwan ^b   Berman, Jay ^b   Treadwell, Marjorie C ^b   Blackwell, Sean ^b   Diamond, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change in volume; Fibroids; Pregnancy; Uterine myoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TUMOR BURDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748184252     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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