Uterine artery embolization for leiomyomas: Percentage of infarction predicts clinical outcome

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 834-841

  Kroencke, Thomas J ^a   Scheurig, Christian ^a   Poellinger, Alexander ^a   Gronewold, Maike ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MICROSPHERE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TRISACRYL MICROSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENORRHAGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952738119     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10090977     Document Type: Article

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