Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 1119-1132 , December 2008

Uterine artery embolization for postpartum hemorrhage

  • Raúl Héctor Winograd, MD, PhD, FACOG (Professor and Head, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires; and Head Maternal-Infant Department C. Argerich Htal, Buenos Aires)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationTel./Fax: +54 11 48044265; mobile: +54 11 1544112854.

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PII: S1521-6934(08)00103-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2008.08.009

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 1119-1132 , December 2008

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