Successful term pregnancy after selective arterial embolization of symptomatic arteriovenous malformation in the setting of gestational trophoblastic tumor

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Garner, Elizabeth I O ^b   Meyerovitz, Michael ^b   Goldstein, Donald P ^a,b   Berkowitz, Ross S ^b,c  

^a New England Trophoblastic Disease Center   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational trophoblastic disease; Transcatheter arterial embolization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METHOTREXATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CONCEPTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0037227167     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2002.6861     Document Type: Article

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