Two-catheter technique for uterine fibroid embolisation

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 411-414

  Levy, E B ^a,b   Spies, J B ^a   Wood, B J ^a   Walsh, S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries; Leiomyoma; Therapeutic blockade; Uterine neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0033502647     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709909152915     Document Type: Article

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