Prediction of treatment outcomes after global endometrial ablation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-106

  El Nashar, Sherif A ^a   Hopkins, Matthew R ^a   Creedon, Douglas J ^a   St Sauver, Jennifer L ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   McGree, Michaela E ^a   Cliby, William A ^a   Famuyide, Abimbola O ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; GLOBAL ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; THERMAL BALLOON ABLATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; MENORRHAGIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749119011     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31818f5a8d     Document Type: Article

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