Impact of previous uterine artery embolization on fertility

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-247

  Berkane, Nadia ^a,b   Moutafoff Borie, Constance ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Embolization; Fibroids; Postpartum hemorrhage; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GELATIN SPONGE; LEVONORGESTREL; MICROSPHERE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AMENORRHEA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951939392     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328338c179     Document Type: Review

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