The role of transvaginal ultrasonography combined with color velocity imaging and pulsed Doppler in the diagnosis of endometrioma

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 487-491

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a,b   Laparte, Carmen ^a   Jurado, Matías ^a   López García, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

color Doppler; ovarian endometrioma; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031019409     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)80074-X     Document Type: Article

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