Embolization of uterine fibroids

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-277

  Helmberger, T K ^a   Jakobs, T F ^a   Reiser, M F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Efficacy; Indications; Uterine fibroid embolization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIGESTAGEN; BUCRILATE; FENTANYL CITRATE; GELFOAM; GESTRINONE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SILICONE;

ALLERGY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOMECTOMY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1642275525     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0075-1     Document Type: Review

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