Current practices for treatment of uterine fibroids
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Current medical treatment of uterine fibroids
Uterine fibroids (leiomyomas or myomas), benign monoclonal tumors, are the most common benign tumors in women. Heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding, abnormal uterine bleeding, resultant anemia, pelvic pain, infertility, and/or recurrent pregnancy loss are generally associated with uterine fibroids. Although curative treatment of this tumor relies on surgical therapies, medical treatments are c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mid-life Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0976-7800
DOI: 10.4103/jmh.jmh_65_17