Fertility and Sterility
Volume 79, Issue 1 , Pages 128-131 , January 2003

Serious complications of uterine artery embolization for conservative treatment of fibroids

  • John F. Payne, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John F. Payne, M.D., Box 3143, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA (FAX 919-681-7904).
    • ,
  • A.F. Haney, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Received 12 February 2002 ,Revised 26 April 2002 ,Accepted 26 April 2002.

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Fertility and Sterility
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