Uterine artery embolization: Current implications of embolic agent choice

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1419-1422

  Ryu, Robert K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; MICROSPHERE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEIOMYOMA; MYOMECTOMY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 29544435095     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000190494.11439.6F     Document Type: Note

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