Pregnancy after uterine artery embolization for symptomatic fibroids: A series of 15 pregnancies

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1588-1592

  Firouznia, Kavous ^a   Ghanaati, Hossein ^a   Sanaati, Mina ^b   Jalali, Amir H ^a   Shakiba, Madjid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Eghbal Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Pregnancy; Therapeutic embolization; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

'CONTOUR'; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IRAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; IRAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049134046     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3904     Document Type: Article

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