Epidemiology of Uterine Fibroids

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology - Tập 59 Số 1 - Trang 2-24 - 2016
Lauren A. Wise1,2, Shannon K. Laughlin-Tommaso3
1Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health
2Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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