Conservative treatment of a cervical twin pregnancy with uterine artery embolization

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-250

  Farhat, Leila Ben ^a   Salah, Yosr Ben ^a   Askri, Anis ^a   Dali, Nadida ^a   Hendaoui, Lotfi ^a  

^a MONGI SLIM HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cervix uteri; Ectopic; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography; Uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIZZINESS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREECLAMPSIA; SPOTTING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957231105     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2073-08.1     Document Type: Article

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