Magnetic Resonance-Guided focused ultrasound for uterine fibroids

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-405

  Roberts, Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Thornton Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Fibroids; Focused ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR guided; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449280709     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1102999     Document Type: Article

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