Uterine artery embolisation to treat uterine fibroids

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7622, 2007, Pages 720-722

  Watkinson, A ^a   Nicholson, A ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALAISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 35248873974     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39251.440069.AD     Document Type: Short Survey

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