Quality Improvement Guidelines for Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Leiomyomata

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Hovsepian, David M ^a   Siskin, Gary P ^b   Bonn, Joseph ^d   Cardella, John F ^c   Clark, Timothy W I ^e   Lampmann, Leo E ^k   Miller, Donald L ^h   Omary, Reed A ⁱ   Pelage, Jean Pierre ^l   Rajan, Dheeraj ^m   Schwartzberg, Marc S ^j   Towbin, Richard B ^f   Walker, Woodruff J ⁿ   Sacks, David ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Radiology Associates of Central Florida   (United States)

^k Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^l HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

ⁿ ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 67649781549     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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