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    Uterine fibroids : the complete guide / Elizabeth A. Stewart.

    • Title:Uterine fibroids : the complete guide / Elizabeth A. Stewart.
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    • Author/Creator:Stewart, Elizabeth A., M.D.
    • Published/Created:Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Uterine fibroids.
    • Description:x, 223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780801887000 (hardcover : alk. paper)
      9780801887017 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      0801887003 (hardcover : alk. paper)
      0801887011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Pt. I. About Fibroids
      Ch. 1. Who Gets Fibroids, and What Are the Symptoms?
      Ch. 2. What Are Uterine Fibroids?
      Ch. 3. Why We Are So Far Behind in Understanding and Treating Fibroids
      Ch. 4. Endocrinology of the Uterus
      Ch. 5. Why Do Fibroids Form?
      Ch. 6. Diagnosis: How Do I Know That I Have Fibroids?
      Ch. 7. When Fibroids Come Back
      Pt. II. Surgical Treatment
      Ch. 8. Surgery Inside the Uterus: Hysteroscopic Myomectomy, Endometrial Ablation, and Vaginal Myomectomy
      Ch. 9. Laparoscopic Myomectomy and Myolysis
      Ch. 10. Abdominal Myomectomy
      Ch. 11. Uterine Artery Embolization
      Ch. 12. Focused Ultrasound Surgery and Other Thermoablative Therapies
      Ch. 13. Hysterectomy
      Pt. III. Medical Treatment
      Ch. 14. Traditional Hormonal Therapies: Birth Control Pills and Progestin
      Ch. 15. GnRH Agonists, Add-Back Therapies, and GnRH Antagonists
      Ch. 16. Innovative Medical Strategies for Treating Uterine Fibroids
      Pt. IV. Other Factors, Other Conditions
      Ch. 17. Genetics of Fibroids
      Ch. 18. Pregnancy, Infertility, and Miscarriage
      Ch. 19. Adenomyosis and Endometrial Polyps
      Ch. 20. Uterine Cancers
      Ch. 21. Fibroid-like Conditions
      Ch. 22. Alternative and Complementary Therapies
      Ch. 23. What Can We Do about Fibroids?
      App. Hints for Surgical Recovery.
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