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Benign and Malignant Tumours of the Myometrium

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Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Leiomyoma (fibromyoma, fibroids) is the commonest of all tumours in the human body (20% incidence at post mortem). Factors affecting the incidence include parity (commoner in nullipara) and race (commoner in black women, but with no association with parity).

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  1. Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, Florida State University, 1339 East Lafayette Street, 32301, Tallahassee, Florida FL, USA

    Isabel Stabile MD, MRCOG

  2. Reproductive Physiology Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, EC1A 7BE, West Smithfield, London, UK

    Tim Chard MD, FRCOG

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal London Hospital, 4th Floor, Holland Wing, El 1BB, Whitechapel, London, UK

    Gedis Grudzinskas MB BS, MD, FRCOG, FRACOG

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Stabile, I., Chard, T., Grudzinskas, G. (2000). Benign and Malignant Tumours of the Myometrium. In: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85919-9_28

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