Uterine sarcoma: Can it be differentiated from uterine leiomyoma with Doppler ultrasonography? A preliminary report

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-104

  Hata, K ^a   Hata, T ^a   Maruyama, R ^a   Hirai, M ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Doppler; Uterine leiomyoma; Uterine sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SARCOMA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030933268     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.09020101.x     Document Type: Article

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