Transcatheter uterine artery embolisation to treat large uterine fibroids

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-240

  Bradley, E A ^a   Reidy, J F ^a   Forman, R G ^a   Jarosz, J ^a   Braude, P R ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CATHETERIZATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0031931665     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10060.x     Document Type: Article

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