Uterine arterial embolization for the management of leiomyomas: Quality- of-life assessment and clinical response

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 625-629

  Worthington Kirsch, Robert L ^a,b   Popky, George L ^a   Hutchins Jr , Francis L ^c,d  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Section of Interventional Radiology   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Angiography; Arteries, chemotherapeutic embolization; Arteries, uterine; Uterine neoplasms; Uterine neoplasms, therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIODYNE; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 0031751507     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.3.9722838     Document Type: Article

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