Fertility after uterine artery embolization: Investigation using a sheep model

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-357

  Yamagami, Takuji ^a   Yoshimatsu, Rika ^a   Matsumoto, Tomohiro ^a   Anzai, Hiroshi ^b,c   Yoshizawa, Masahiro ^b   Fukui, Yutaka ^b   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Boya Farm   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animals; Arterial embolization; Experimental study; Interventional procedures; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE FERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LAMB; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GELATIN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

EID: 77949347989     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719109353455     Document Type: Article

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