Uterine artery embolization: A pilot study in a rabbit model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 487-490

  Belenky, Alexander ^b   Bartal, Gabriel ^d   Gat, Yigal ^a,c   Bachar, Gil N ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Diagnostic Radiology   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 13544253588     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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