Hysteroscopy or ultrasound?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 246-249

  Al Azzawi, Farook ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029791107     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199608000-00002     Document Type: Article

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