Percutaneous treatment of uterine fibroleiomyomas: Analysis of complications and quality of life after embolization;Trattamento percutaneo dei leiofibromi uterini: Analisi delle complicanze e della qualità della vita dopo embolizzazione

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 360-364

  Salerno, Sergio ^a,c   Belli, Anna Maria ^b  

^a Istituto di Radiologia P Cignolini   (Italy)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Uterus, embolization; Uterus, leyomioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035351132     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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