Colour Doppler sonography improves the pre-operative diagnosis of ovarian tumours made using conventional transvaginal sonography

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Leeners, Brigitte ^a   Schild, Ralf L ^b   Funk, Andreas ^a   Hauptmann, Steffen ^c   Kemp, Birgit ^a   Schröder, Willibald ^a   Rath, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; resistance index; transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030032711     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-2115(95)02249-X     Document Type: Article

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