The effect of uterine leiomyomas size on presenting symptoms and accurate sonography assessment

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 74-77

  Bushaqer, Nayla Jamal ^a   Dayoub, Nawal ^a  

^a BAHRAIN DEFENSE FORCE HOSPITAL   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; PAIN; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBFERTILITY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 84901795828     PISSN: 10128298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0004479     Document Type: Article

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