Transvaginal ultrasonographic measurements of endometrial thickness: A reproducibility study

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 351-354

  Wolman, Igal ^a   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a,b   Sagi, Joseph ^a   Hartoov, Joseph ^a,b   Amster, Reuben ^a,b   David, Menachem P ^a  

^a Serlin Maternity Hospital   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VAGINA;

EID: 0029813246     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199609)24:7<351::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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