Preliminary experience with uterine artery embolization for uterine fibroids

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-526

  Goodwin, Scott C ^a   Vedantham, Suresh ^a   McLucas, Bruce ^b   Forno, Alice E ^b   Perrella, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic pain; Uterine artery, therapeutic blockade; Uterus, hemorrhage; Uterus, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0030728086     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(97)70603-1     Document Type: Article

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