Vol 91, No 8 (2020)
Guidelines / Expert consensus
Published online: 2020-08-31
Recommendations of the Group of Experts of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians regarding abnormal uterine bleeding in adolescents
Abstract
The recommendations present the current knowledge and procedures, which can be modified and changed in some cases, after careful analysis of a given clinical situation, which in the future may become the basis for their modification and updating.
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