Clinical outcomes of focused ultrasound surgery for the treatment of uterine fibroids

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-29

  Stewart, Elizabeth A ^a   Rabinovici, Jaron ^b   Tempany, Clare M C ^a   Inbar, Yael ^b   Regan, Leslie ^c   Gastout, Bobbie ^d   Hesley, Gina ^d   Kim, Hyun S ^e   Hengst, Suzanne ^f   Gedroye, Wladyslaw M ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound; Leiomyomas; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30344483219     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.04.072     Document Type: Article

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