Uterine artery embolization for the treatment of symptomatic myomas in Brazilian women

CONTEXT: Uterine myomas are benign tumors that mostly occur in women of reproductive age at a frequency ranging from 20 to 25%. The symptoms are increased menstrual flow, pain and compressive signs. New treatments have been proposed and uterine artery embolization is one of them. OBJECTIVE: To evalu...

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Main Authors: Maurício Sena-Martins, Cecilia Maria Roteli-Martins, Valdir Tadini, Gustavo Antonio de Souza, Nestor Kisilevzky, Felipe Lazar Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802003000500002&lng=en&tlng=en