Uterine leiomyoma in a 14-year-old girl

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-55

  Diesen, Diana Leigh ^a   Price, T M ^b   Skinner, M A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Myomectomy; Uterine leiomyoma; Uterine myoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYOMECTOMY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40649097979     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-989299     Document Type: Article

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