Uterine artery embolization for the treatment of symptomatic myomas in Brazilian women

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Sena Martins, Maurício ^a   Roteli Martins, Cecilia Maria ^a   Tadini, Valdir ^a   de Souza, Gustavo Antonio ^a   Kisilevzky, Nestor ^a   Junior, Felipe Lazar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNIDADE LEONOR MENDES DE BARROS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Myoma; Therapeutic embolization; Treatment outcome; Uterine diseases; Uterine neoplasms

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MYOMECTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE BODY DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS WEIGHT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141994971     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802003000500002     Document Type: Article

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