Treatment of uterine fibroid tumors in an in situ rat model using high-intensity focused ultrasound

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 761-767

  Keshavarzi, Amid ^a   Vaezy, Shahram ^a,b   Noble, Misty L ^a,b   Paun, Marla K ^b   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eker rats; High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU); Image guided therapy; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REDUCTION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 0141517107     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00783-0     Document Type: Article

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