Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 30-35 , January 2006

Failure of uterine fibroid embolization

  • Jack Y.J. Huang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Souzan Kafy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Alexandre Dugas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • David Valenti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Togas Tulandi, M.D., M.H.C.M.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Togas Tulandi, M.D., M.H.C.M., McGill University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada (FAX: 514-843-1448).

Received 5 January 2005 ,Revised 20 March 2005 ,Accepted 20 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.091

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 30-35 , January 2006

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