Common imaging problems in the postmenopausal pelvis: The endometrial stripe, intrauterine fluid, and adnexal cyst

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-287

  Kasales, C J ^a   Meilstrup, J W ^a   Harris, R D ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS FLUID;

EID: 0029845128     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-198X(96)80018-6     Document Type: Article

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