Hysterectomy: Will it pay the bills in 2007?: Treatment of choice for cancer, but a choice of treatment for menorrhagia

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7075, 1997, Pages 160-

  Lilford, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; PROGESTERONE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WELLBEING;

FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA;

EID: 85007731732     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7075.160     Document Type: Editorial

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