Pregnancy after uterine fibroid embolization: follow-up of 100 patients embolized using tris-acryl gelatin microspheres

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2356-2360

  Pinto Pabón, Isabel ^a   Magret, Javier Porras ^c   Unzurrunzaga, Elena Ayerbe ^b   García, Isidro Millán ^b   Catalán, Isidoro Bruna ^a   Cano Vieco, M Luisa ^a  

^a Hospital Psiquiatrico de Madrid   (Spain)

^b Hospital de Madrid   (Spain)

^c Clinica Santa Elena   (Spain)

Author keywords

embolization; fibroid; neoplasms; Pregnancy; uterine myoma; uterus

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; MICROSPHERE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ACRYLIC RESINS; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELATIN; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LIVE BIRTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56949088724     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.074     Document Type: Article

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