Abdominal myomectomy versus uterine fibroid embolization in the treatment of symptomatic uterine leiomyomas

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1571-1575

  Razavi, Mahmood K ^a   Hwang, Gloria ^a   Jahed, Ayda ^a   Modanloo, Shohreh ^a   Chen, Bertha ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0037835661     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.6.1801571     Document Type: Article

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