Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 813-818 , June 2009

Persistent Sciatic Artery and Successful Uterine Artery Embolization: Report of Three Cases

  • Amit D. Malhotra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Current address: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
    • ,
  • Hyun S. Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to H.S.K., Division of Interventional Radiology and Image-guided Medicine, Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Rd. NE, Suite E-118, Atlanta, GA 30322

Received 11 March 2008 ,Revised 21 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 March 2009.

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 Neither of the authors has identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00211-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.03.003

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 813-818 , June 2009

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