Uterine fibroids (Record no. 111724)
| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02523nam a2200361 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 616.99/366 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Stewart, Elizabeth A., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Uterine fibroids |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Baltimore : |
| Name of publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 223 p., [7] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.). |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Johns Hopkins Press health book |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | About fibroids -- Who gets fibroids, and what are the symptoms? -- What are uterine fibroids? -- Why we are so far behind in understanding and treating fibroids -- Endocrinology of the uterus -- Why do fibroids form? -- Diagnosis: how do I know that I have fibroids? -- When fibroids come back -- Surgical treatment -- Surgery inside the uterus: hysteroscopic myomectomy, endometrial ablation, and vaginal myomectomy -- Laparoscopic myomectomy and myolysis -- Abdominal myomectomy -- Uterine artery embolization -- Focused ultrasound surgery and other thermoablative therapies -- Hysterectomy -- Medical treatment -- Traditional hormonal therapies: birth control pills and progestin -- GnRH agonists, add-back therapies, and GnRH antagonists -- Innovative medical strategies for treating uterine fibroids -- Other factors, other conditions -- Genetics of fibroids -- Pregnancy, infertility, and miscarriage -- Adenomyosis and endometrial polyps -- Uterine cancers -- Fibroid-like conditions -- Alternative and complementary therapies -- What can we do about fibroids? |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Uterine fibroids. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10363210 |
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