Transient buttock pain after uterine artery embolisation for the management of fibroids

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 425-427

  Worthington Kirsch, R L ^a,c   Smith, S J ^b   Berkowitz, R P ^a  

^a Roxborough Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b LaGrange Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c Delaware Valley Imaging Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries; Embolisation; Fibroids; Neoplasms; Therapy; Uterine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BUTTOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0033503531     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709909152918     Document Type: Article

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