Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 931-945 , December 2007

Second-generation endometrial ablation – an overview

  • Paul McGurgan, BA, MRCOG, MRCPI, FRANZCOG (Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

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PII: S1521-6934(07)00072-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.03.015

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 931-945 , December 2007

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