Expulsion of dominant submucosal fibroids after uterine artery embolization

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Radeleff, Boris ^a   Eiers, Michael ^a   Bellemann, Nadine ^a   Ramsauer, Stefanie ^a   Rimbach, Stefan ^b   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Richter, Goetz M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c Katharinenhospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Expulsion; Fibroid; Submucosal; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

EXPULSION; MEAN AGES; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; VOLUMETRY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PROBABILITY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MENSTRUATION; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954088576     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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