Prevalence, symptoms and management of uterine fibroids: An international internet-based survey of 21,746 women

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zimmermann, Anne ^a   Bernuit, David ^b   Gerlinger, Christoph ^b   Schaefers, Matthias ^b   Geppert, Katharina ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CANADA; DYSPAREUNIA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; ITALY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERNET; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858744917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-12-6     Document Type: Article

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