Uterine fibroleiomyoma: MR imaging appearances before and after embolization of uterine arteries

Radiology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 729-734

  Burn, Paul R ^a,b   McCall, James M ^a   Chinn, Roger J ^a   Vashisht, Arvind ^a   Smith, J Richard ^a   Healy, Jeremiah C ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries, MR; Arteries, therapeutic embolization; Uterine neoplasms; Uterine neoplasms, MR

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0034089784     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.214.3.r00fe07729     Document Type: Article

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