Ovarian artery supply of uterine fibroids as a cause of treatment failure after uterine artery embolization: A case report

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1167-1170

  Nikolic, Boris ^a   Spies, James B ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Goodwin, Scott C ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Uterine arteries, therapeutic blockade; Uterus, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0032837596     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(99)70215-0     Document Type: Article

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