Letrozole monotherapy in the treatment of uterine myomas

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ferrero, Simone ^a   Venturini, Pier Luigi ^a   Remorgida, Valentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; DESOGESTREL; LETROZOLE; TRIPTORELIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NITRILE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTHRALGIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYST; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; UTERUS CANCER;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NITRILES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RATS; TRIAZOLES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952557295     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.01.072     Document Type: Letter

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