The use of transcatheter embolisation to treat uterine fibroids

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-141

  Ellis, P K ^a   Kelly, I M G ^a,b   Fogarty, P P ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032201474     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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