A five-year international review process concerning terminologies, definitions, and related issues around abnormal uterine bleeding

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-382

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH ANALYTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

definitions; dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Menorrhagia; terminology

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; UTERUS BLEEDING; WORKSHOP;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 80855129473     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1287661     Document Type: Article

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