Anatomic variation in the uterine arteries: A cause of failure of uterine artery embolisatian for the management of symptomatic myomata

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 397-402

  Worthington Kirsch, L ^a   Walker, W J ^b   Adler, L ^c   Hutchins Jr , F L ^d  

^a Delaware Valley Imaging Ltd   (United States)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Tower Radiology ^*  (United States)

^d Hutchins Institute for Women's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic variants; Embolisation; Leiomyoma; Pelvic arteriography; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MENORRHAGIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0033508324     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709909152912     Document Type: Article

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