MR-guided focus ultrasound (MRgFUS) for symptomatic uterine fibroids: Predictors of treatment success

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3425-3431

  MacHtinger, Ronit ^a,b   Inbar, Yael ^a   Cohen Eylon, Shlomo ^a   Admon, Dahlia ^a   Alagem Mizrachi, Aviva ^c   Rabinovici, Jaron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

long term outcome; MRgFUS; uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED FOCUS ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY;

EID: 84870012286     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des333     Document Type: Article

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