Clinical practice guidelines on menorrhagia: Management of abnormal uterine bleeding before menopause

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-137

  Marret, H ^a   Fauconnier, A ^a   Chabbert Buffet, N ^a   Cravello, L ^a   Golfier, F ^a   Gondry, J ^a   Agostini, A ^a   Bazot, M ^a   Brailly Tabard, S ^a   Brun, J L ^a   De Raucourt, E ^a   Gervaise, A ^a   Gompel, A ^a   Graesslin, O ^a   Huchon, C ^a   Lucot, J P ^a   Plu Bureau, G ^a   Roman, H ^a   Fernandez, H ^a  

^a French College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   (France)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Bleeding; Endometrial biopsy; Endometrial cancer; Hysteroscopy; Menorrhagia; Myoma; Polyp; Thermocoagulation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; IRON; LEVONORGESTREL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FERTILITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENORRHAGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 77957749957     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.07.016     Document Type: Review

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