Current concepts in uterine fibroid embolization

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1735-1750

  Bulman, Julie C ^a   Ascher, Susan M ^a   Spies, James B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; METHODOLOGY; UTERUS CANCER;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867626082     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.326125514     Document Type: Article

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