Practical assessment and measurement of abnormal uterine bleeding

Modern Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 29-33

  Fraser, Ian S ^a   Warner, Pamela ^b   Critchley, Hilary O D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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