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Higher Rate of Partial Devascularization and Clinical Failure After Uterine Artery Embolization for Fibroids with Spherical Polyvinyl Alcohol

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 3957 JPP, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA

    Jafar Golzarian

  2. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Elvira Lang

  3. Mallinckrodt Institute, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    David Hovsepian

  4. Department of Radiology, University Clinic Charité, Berlin, 10117, Germany

    Thomas Kroncke

  5. Department of Radiology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, AN, 5032, The Netherlands

    Leo Lampmann & Paul Lohle

  6. Department of Radiology, Hôpital Ambroise Pare, Boulogne, 92104, cedex, France

    Jean-Pierre Pelage

  7. University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Richard Shlansky-Goldberg

  8. Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 1A1, Quebec, Canada

    David Valenti

  9. Department of Diagnosis and Imaging, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, 85049, Germany

    Dierk Vorwerk

  10. Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20007, USA

    James Spies

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Golzarian, J., Lang, E., Hovsepian, D. et al. Higher Rate of Partial Devascularization and Clinical Failure After Uterine Artery Embolization for Fibroids with Spherical Polyvinyl Alcohol. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 29, 1–3 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-005-0243-5

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