American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 174, Issue 4 , Pages 1171-1179 , April 1996

Obesity and prognosis in endometrial cancer

Presented by invitation at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, Napa, California, September 7-9, 1995.

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☆ From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology,a Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health,b Pharmacology,c and Pathology,d University of Iowa College of Medicine.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Barrie Anderson, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, 4630 JCP, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, IA 52242.

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American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 174, Issue 4 , Pages 1171-1179 , April 1996

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