Uterine arteriovenous malformations: From diagnosis to treatment

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1387-1392

  O'Brien, Padraig ^a   Neyastani, Amir ^a   Buckley, Anne R ^a   Chang, Silvia D ^a,b   Legiehn, Gerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Arteriovenous malformation; Endovaginal sonography; Transcatheter arterial embolization; Uterine arteriovenous malformation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; ENDOVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY; TRANSCATHETER ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS (AVM);

DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 33846946143     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.11.1387     Document Type: Article

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