Uterine Fibroids and MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery

MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 111-127

  Hanstede, Miriam M F ^a,b   Stewart, Elizabeth A ^b   Tempany, Clare M C ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 77951580698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3109/9781420019933-12     Document Type: Chapter

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