Uterine fibroids and subfertility: An update on the role of myomectomy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-259

  Brady, Paula C ^a,b   Stanic, Aleksandar K ^a,b   Styer, Aaron K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Infertility; Myomectomy; Pregnancy; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MYOMECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS RUPTURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LEIOMYOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UTERINE MYOMECTOMY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84877740678     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3283612188     Document Type: Review

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