My Journey with the AAGL

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-277

  Nezhat, Camran R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; EDITORIAL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY;

GYNECOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SOCIETIES;

EID: 77953265485     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.01.006     Document Type: Editorial

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