Aromatase inhibitor therapy for uterine bleeding in a postmenopausal woman with leiomyomata

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 941-943

  Kaunitz, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitors; Fibroids; Leiomyomata; Uterine bleeding

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; OBESITY; SYMPTOM; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NITRILES; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRIAZOLES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34948896920     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318054e2be     Document Type: Article

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