The effect of pelvic MR imaging on the diagnosis and treatment of women with presumed symptomatic uterine fibroids

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1149-1153

  Omary, Reed A ^a   Vasireddy, Syam ^a   Chrisman, Howard B ^a   Ryu, Robert K ^a   Pereles, F Scott ^a   Carr, James C ^a   Resnick, Scott A ^a   Nemcek Jr , Albert A ^a   Vogelzang, Robert L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Pelvic organs, MR; Uterine arteries, embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0036847913     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61957-5     Document Type: Article

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