Uterine Fibroid Embolization

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-6

  White, Amy M ^a   Spies, James B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

embolization; outcomes; uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MYOMECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35048815704     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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