Blockage of uterine-feeding vessels-A real choice to maintain the uterus?

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 285-286

  Tsui, Kuan Hao ^a   Wang, Peng Hui ^b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; EDITORIAL; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 79960598590     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.05.002     Document Type: Editorial

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