The burden of uterine fibroids in five European countries

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-102

  Downes, Ellis ^a   Sikirica, Vanja ^b   Gilabert Estelles, Juan ^c   Bolge, Susan C ^d   Dodd, Sheri L ^e   Maroulis, Christine ^b   Subramanian, Dhinagar ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ETHICON INC   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

^e MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; Europe; Quality of life; Symptoms; Treatment seeking; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE ACTIVITY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIETY; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERUS MYOMA; WESTERN EUROPE; WORK; WORKER;

EID: 77956612181     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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