Adenomyosis: MRI of the uterus treated with uterine artery embolization

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 851-856

  Jha, Reena C ^a   Takahama, Junko ^b   Imaoka, Izumi ^c   Korangy, Shahin J ^a   Spies, James B ^a   Cooper, Cirrelda ^a   Ascher, Susan M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Higashiosaka City General Hospital   (Japan)

^c TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLISM; UTERUS; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0042510454     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.3.1810851     Document Type: Article

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