Uterine artery embolisation to treat symptomatic uterine fibroids
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Uterine Artery Embolisation In Symptomatic Uterine Fibroid
1 (Assistant professor, Department of OBG, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore, India) 2 (Assistant professor, Department of OBG, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore, India) __________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: Fibroid is the commonest benign tumour of uterus in reproductive age women. It causes symptoms lik...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0959-8138,1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39251.440069.ad