Uterine artery embolisation for symptomatic fibroids: The University of Malaya Medical Centre experience

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Subramaniam, R N ^a   Vijayananthan, A ^a   Omar, S Z ^a   Nawawi, O ^a   Abdullah, B J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALAYSIA; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY;

EID: 77957377558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.6.3.e27     Document Type: Article

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