Leiomyoma: Genetics, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and therapeutic advances

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 703-712

  Levy, Gary ^a,b   Hill, Micah J ^a   Beall, Stephanie ^a   Zarek, Shvetha M ^a   Segars, James H ^a   Catherino, William H ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Leiomyoma; Leiomyoma genetics

Indexed keywords

ASOPRISNIL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; LEUPRORELIN; MIFEPRISTONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; ULIPRISTAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALPORT SYNDROME; CANCER GENETICS; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEIOMYOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UTERINE MYOMECTOMY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867067016     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9784-0     Document Type: Review

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