Changes of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor level after uterine artery embolisation for leiomyomata

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1437-1439

  Takeda, Takashi ^a,c   Osuga, Keigo ^a   Morishige, Ken Ichirou ^b   Tasaka, Keiichi ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a   Murata, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; POLYMER; VASCULOTROPIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSATILITY INDEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 32944467731     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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