Magnetic resonance relaxation time in evaluating the cyst fluid characteristics of endometrioma

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 857-860

  Takahashi, Kentaro ^a   Okada, Saori ^a   Okada, Masako ^a   Kitao, Manabu ^a   Kaji, Yasushi ^a   Sugimura, Kazuro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; Iron concentration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Relaxation time

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYST FLUID; DENSITY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0029878186     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019266     Document Type: Article

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