Transvaginal color Doppler sonography in adnexal masses: Which parameter performs best?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-119

  Alcazar J L ^a   Ruiz Perez, M L ^a   Errasti, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adnexal mass; Color doppler; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030203320     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08020114.x     Document Type: Article

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