Pregnancy following uterine artery embolisation for symptomatic fibroids: A series of 26 completed pregnancies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-325

  Carpenter, T T ^a   Walker, W J ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MYOMA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; LEIOMYOMA; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14644392818     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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