Transvaginal ultrasound studies of vascular and morphological changes in uteri exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2531-2536

  Salle, B ^a   Sergeant, P ^a   Awada, A ^a   Bied Damon, V ^a   Gaucherand, P ^a   Boisson, C ^b   Guibaud, S ^b   Benchaib, M ^a   Rudigoz, R C ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler imaging; DES exposed uterus; Transvaginal ultrasonography; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030443789     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019153     Document Type: Article

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