Uterine artery embolization for severe symptomatic fibroids: Effects on fertility and symptoms

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 490-501

  Torre, A ^a,b   Paillusson, B ^a,b   Fain, V ^c   Labauge, P ^b   Pelage, J P ^a,b   Fauconnier, A ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Department of Reproductive Biology Cytogenetics Gynaecology and Obstetrics   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

fertility; leiomyoma; prospective studies; symptoms; uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY FUNCTION; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

FERTILITY; LEIOMYOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPTOMS; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84894232291     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det459     Document Type: Article

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