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Is a history of cesarean section a risk factor for abnormal uterine bleeding in patients with uterine leiomyoma?

Tugba Kinay, Zehra O. Basarir, Serap F. Tuncer, Funda Akpinar, Fulya Kayikcioglu, Sevgi Koc and Jale Karakaya
Saudi Medical Journal August 2016, 37 (8) 871-876; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.14711
Tugba Kinay
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kinay, Tuncer, Akpinar, Kayikcioglu, Koc), Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Basarir), Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, and the Department of Biostatistics (Karakaya), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Zehra O. Basarir
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kinay, Tuncer, Akpinar, Kayikcioglu, Koc), Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Basarir), Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, and the Department of Biostatistics (Karakaya), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Serap F. Tuncer
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kinay, Tuncer, Akpinar, Kayikcioglu, Koc), Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Basarir), Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, and the Department of Biostatistics (Karakaya), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Funda Akpinar
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kinay, Tuncer, Akpinar, Kayikcioglu, Koc), Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Basarir), Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, and the Department of Biostatistics (Karakaya), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Fulya Kayikcioglu
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kinay, Tuncer, Akpinar, Kayikcioglu, Koc), Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Basarir), Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, and the Department of Biostatistics (Karakaya), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Sevgi Koc
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kinay, Tuncer, Akpinar, Kayikcioglu, Koc), Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Basarir), Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, and the Department of Biostatistics (Karakaya), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Jale Karakaya
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Kinay, Tuncer, Akpinar, Kayikcioglu, Koc), Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Basarir), Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, and the Department of Biostatistics (Karakaya), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Saudi Medical Journal Aug 2016, 37 (8) 871-876; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.8.14711
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