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Menopause Review
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Case report

Successful consecutive pregnancies following two uterine artery embolization procedures for symptomatic fibroids

Dzordze Stojnev
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,
Angel Yordanov
2

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UMHAT Medica Ruse, Ruse, Bulgaria
  2. Deapartment of Gynecologic Oncology, Medical University Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria
Menopause Rev 2025; 24(2)
Online publish date: 2025/06/17
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