Transcatheter Arterial Embolization Using poly-L-lactic Acid Microspheres

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 150-154

  Yamamoto, Toru ^a   Hayakawa, Katsumi ^b   Tabata, Yasuhiko ^b   Shimizu, Yasuhiko ^b   Ikada, Yoshito ^b  

^a Yawata Medical Center   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Embolization; Interventional materials; Poly L lactic acid (PLLA)

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS;

EID: 0345304739     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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