Uterine Fibroids: Burden and Unmet Medical Need

Overview

Journal Semin Reprod Med

Specialty Reproductive Medicine

Date 2017 Nov 4

PMID 29100234

Citations 88

Authors

Ayman Al-Hendy

Evan Robert Myers

Elizabeth Stewart

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