Fertility after bilateral uterine artery embolization in a sheep model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1371-1383

  Laurent, Alexandre ^a   Pelage, Jean Pierre ^b   Wassef, Michel ^a   Martal, Jacques ^c  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

abortion; animal model; Embolization; fertility; intrauterine growth retardation; uterine artery

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARTERIES; CONTRACEPTION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELATIN; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 43749087076     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.058     Document Type: Article

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