The destiny of myomas: should we treat small submucous myomas in women of reproductive age?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 905-910

  Bettocchi, Stefano ^a   Siristatidis, Charalampos ^b   Pontrelli, Giovanni ^a   Di Spiezio Sardo, Attilio ^c   Ceci, Oronzo ^a   Nappi, Luigi ^d   Selvaggi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction techniques; fibroids; infertility; myomectomy; Office hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MYOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; MYOMA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52949116100     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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