Management of uterine fibroids in the patient pursuing assisted reproductive technologies

Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-421

  Ezzati, Mohammad ^a   Norian, John M ^b   Segars, James H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; Fibroids; Implantation rate; Infertility; Myomectomy; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAMURAL FIBROID; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALPRESENTATION; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBMUCOSAL FIBROID; SUBSEROSAL FIBROID; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68349141375     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.09.29     Document Type: Review

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