Prognostic application of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with endometriomas treated with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogue

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1083-1085

  Takahashi, Kentaro ^a   Okada, Saori ^a   Okada, Masako ^a   Kitao, Manabu ^a   Imaoka, Izumi ^a   Sugimura, Kazuro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical treatment; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029973471     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019301     Document Type: Article

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