American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 945-948 , September 2004

Higher rates of tachysystole among patients with clinically apparent uterine leiomyomas

  • Eyal Sheiner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eyal Sheiner, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, PO Box 151, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
    • ,
  • Tamar Biderman-Madar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
    • ,
  • Miriam Katz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
    • ,
  • Amalia Levy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Amnon Hadar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
    • ,
  • Moshe Mazor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

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 Presented in part at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, La, February 2-7, 2004.

PII: S0002-9378(04)00544-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.060

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 945-948 , September 2004

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