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Uterine Artery Embolization for Fibroid Disease is Not Experimental

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Worthington-Kirsch, R.L. Uterine Artery Embolization for Fibroid Disease is Not Experimental. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 28, 148–149 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-004-0125-2

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