Uterine Artery Embolization for Control of Life-Threatening Hemorrhage at Menarche: Brief Report

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Bowkley, Charles W ^a   Dubel, Gregory J ^b   Haas, Richard A ^b   Soares, Gregory M ^b   Ahn, Sun H ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HI-FLO; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS; UTERUS BLEEDING; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 33947724641     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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