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Uterine Fibroid Ablation: The Beginning of the End of Uterine Fibroid Embolization?

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Pelage, JP. Uterine Fibroid Ablation: The Beginning of the End of Uterine Fibroid Embolization?. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 29, 499–501 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-004-5163-2

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