Uterine artery embolisation for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: Short-term results of work in progress

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 508-512

  Bapuraj, Jayapalli Rajiv ^a   Suri, Sudha ^a   Sidhu, Ravinder ^a   Nadh, Ojili Vijay ^a   Vasistha, Kala ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MYOMECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0036854639     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-8666.2002.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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