Uterine artery embolization for the treatment of uterine fibroids

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-320

  Goodwin, Scott C ^a   Walker, Woodruff J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INFECTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ARTERIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; UTERUS;

EID: 0031852917     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199808000-00006     Document Type: Review

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