Uterine artery embolisation for symptomatic fibroids: The effect of the large uterus on outcome

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-242

  Prollius, A ^a   De Vries, C ^a   Loggenberg, E ^a   Du Plessis, A ^a   Nel, M ^a   Wessels, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 1542284617     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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