Prospective Evaluation of the Embolic Agent Bead Block in the Treatment of Uterine Leiomyomas with Uterine Artery Embolization: A Phase II Study

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 484-489

  Chrisman, Howard B ^a   Dhand, Sabeen ^a   Rajeswaran, Shankar ^a   Nikolaidis, Paul ^a   Vogelzang, Robert L ^a   Corpuz, Benito ^a   Gilbertson, Peggy ^a   Omary, Reed A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAD BLOCK; MICROSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR NECROSIS; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949653474     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.12.387     Document Type: Article

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