Fertility and Sterility
Volume 79, Issue 1 , Pages 120-127 , January 2003

The Ontario Uterine Fibroid Embolization Trial. Part 2. Uterine fibroid reduction and symptom relief after uterine artery embolization for fibroids

  • Gaylene Pron, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Center for Research in Women’s Health, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gaylene Pron, Ph.D., Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 100 College St., Room 513, Banting Building, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L5, Canada (FAX: 416-971-2240).
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  • John Bennett, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • Andrew Common, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Jane Wall, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Murray Asch, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Kenneth Sniderman, M.D.,

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Ontario Uterine Fibroid Embolization Collaborative Group

Received 19 April 2002 ,Revised 16 September 2002 ,Accepted 16 September 2002.

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☆ The Ontario Uterine Fibroid Embolization Trial was funded in part by the Boston Scientific Corporation.

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