The flexible FIGO classification concept for underlying causes of abnormal uterine bleeding

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 391-399

  Munro, Malcolm G ^a   Critchley, Hilary O D ^b   Fraser, Ian S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

classification; Menstrual disorders

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PHENOTHIAZINE; RIFAMPICIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEIOMYOMA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENORRHAGIA; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; POLYP; UTERUS BLEEDING;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 80855124645     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1287663     Document Type: Article

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