Spherical versus Conventional Polyvinyl Alcohol Particles for Uterine Artery Embolization

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-46

  Rasuli, Pasteur ^a   Hammond, Ian ^a   Al Mutairi, Badr ^a   French, Gordon J ^a   Aquino, Jose ^a   Hadziomerovic, Adnan ^a   Goulet, Sally ^a   Jolly, Elaine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; PRESSURE SENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY FREQUENCY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFARCTION; LEIOMYOMA; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 37549007602     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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