Uterine artery embolisation or hysterectomy for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: a cost-utility analysis of the HOPEFUL study.

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Published in BJOG on November 01, 2007

Authors

O Wu1, A Briggs, S Dutton, A Hirst, M Maresh, A Nicholson, K McPherson

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1: Public Health and Health Policy, Division of Community Based Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. o.wu@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

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