Uterine fibroid embolization

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 690-697

  Goodwin, Scott C ^a   Spies, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IRON THERAPY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 68849121801     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMct0806942     Document Type: Article

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