Uterine artery embolization for leiomyomas: Pre- and postprocedural evaluation with US

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1159-1172

  Ghai, Sangeet ^a   Rajan, Dheeraj K ^a   Benjamin, Matthew S ^a   Asch, Murray R ^a   Ghai, Sandeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 28144455584     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.255045019     Document Type: Article

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