Favorable response to antigonadal therapy for a benign metastasizing leiomyoma

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 2 PART 2, 2012, Pages 438-442

  Taveira DaSilva, Angelo M ^a   Alford, Connie E ^a   Levens, Eric D ^a   Kotz, Herbert L ^a   Moss, Joel ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUPRORELIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MYOMECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERUS MYOMA; ARTICLE; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEUPROLIDE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858772645     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318240090e     Document Type: Review

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