Treatment of Uterine Myomas with Transvaginal Uterine Artery Occlusion: Possibilities and Limitations

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 631-635

  Hald, Kirsten ^a   Kløw, Nils Einar ^a   Qvigstad, Erik ^a   Istre, Olav ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PYELOGRAPHY; TECHNICAL AID; TUMOR VOLUME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY OCCLUSION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 49649118729     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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