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. 2012:2012:539365.
doi: 10.1155/2012/539365. Epub 2012 Jan 9.

Counselling patients with uterine fibroids: a review of the management and complications

Donnette Simms-Stewart  1 , Horace Fletcher
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Counselling patients with uterine fibroids: a review of the management and complications

Donnette Simms-Stewart et al. Obstet Gynecol Int. 2012.

Abstract

Fibroids are very common in Afro-Caribbean women. They can cause severe complications. The treatment modalities are not without risk and should be weighed against the complications of the fibroids.

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