Fibroid-related menorrhagia: Treatment with superselective embolization of the uterine arteries and midterm follow-up

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 428-431

  Pelage, Jean Pierre ^a   Le Dref, Olivier ^a   Soyer, Philippe ^a   Kardache, Mourad ^a   Dahan, Henri ^a   Abitbol, Martine ^a   Merland, Jean Jacques ^a   Ravina, Jacques Henri ^a   Rymer, Roland ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Arteries, therapeutic embolization; Uterus, interventional procedures; Uterus, neoplasms; Uterus, radiography; Uterus, US

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0034093362     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.2.r00ma11428     Document Type: Article

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