The FIGO recommendations on terminologies and definitions for normal and abnormal uterine bleeding

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 383-390

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH ANALYTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abnormal uterine bleeding; menstrual cycle; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METRORRHAGIA; NORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; OLIGOMENORRHEA; UTERINE BLEEDING PATTERN; 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: 80855140371     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1287662     Document Type: Article

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