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Research Article| Volume 22, ISSUE 4, P739-755, December 1995

HYSTEROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS AND OPERATIVE THERAPY OF SUBMUCOUS MYOMA

  • Stephen L. Corson
    Correspondence
    815 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107–5507
    Affiliations
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania Hospital, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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