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Uterine fibroids : the complete guide / Elizabeth A. Stewart.
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Title:Uterine fibroids : the complete guide / Elizabeth A. Stewart.
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Author/Creator:Stewart, Elizabeth A., M.D.
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Published/Created:Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WP460 .S75 2007
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Uterine fibroids.
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Description:x, 223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780801887000 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801887017 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801887003 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801887011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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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.