Pelvic Congestion Syndrome

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Semin Intervent Radiol 17:277–284 Chung MH, Huh CY (2003) Comparison of treatments for pelvic congestion syndrome. Tohoku J Exp Med 201:131–138 Author information Authors and Affiliations Editor information Editors and Affiliations Rights and permissions Copyright information © 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg About this chapter Cite this chapter Machan, L. (2006). Pelvic Congestion Syndrome. In: Golzarian, J., Sun, S., Sharafuddin, M.J. (eds) Vascular Embolotherapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33256-1_16 Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33256-1_16 Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg Print ISBN: 978-3-540-21361-1 Online ISBN: 978-3-540-33256-5 eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

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