A new progestogen-only medical therapy for outpatient management of acute, abnormal uterine bleeding: A pilot study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 499.e1-499.e5

  Ammerman, Stacy R ^a   Nelson, Anita L ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute abnormal uterine bleeding; depo medroxyprogesterone acetate; menorrhagia; progestogen only treatments

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; MOOD CHANGE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 84878418449     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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