A case of generalised oedema secondary to uterine artery embolisation for leiomyomata

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-180

  Takeda, Takashi ^a   Osuga, Keigo ^a   Morishige, Ken Ichirou ^a   Khankan, Azzam Anwar ^a   Tasaka, Keiichi ^a   Murata, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ANASARCA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEIOMYOMA; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; EDEMA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 0442276248     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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