Chronic pelvic pain due to pelvic congestion syndrome: The role of diagnostic and interventional radiology

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1105-1111

  Ganeshan, Arul ^a   Upponi, Sara ^a   Hon, Lye Quen ^b   Uthappa, M C ^c   Warakaulle, Dinuke R ^c   Uberoi, Raman ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Ovarian vein embolization; Pelvic congestion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN VEIN; PELVIS CONGESTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; OVARY; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 35848952099     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9160-0     Document Type: Article

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