Does pelvic magnetic resonance imaging differentiate among the histologic subtypes of uterine leiomyomata?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 580-587

  Schwartz, Lisa Barrie ^a   Zawin, Marlene ^b   Carcangiu, Maria Louisa ^b   Lange, Robert ^b   McCarthy, Shirley ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular leiomyoma; Degenerated leiomyoma; Hemorrhagic leiomyoma; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging; Signal intensities; Uterine smooth muscle tumors

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MUSCLE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031667143     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00193-9     Document Type: Article

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