Diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound in detecting free pelvic fluid

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 795-798

  Khalifé, Samir ^a,c   Falcone, Tommaso ^b   Hemmings, Robert ^a   Cohen, Deborah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free pelvic fluid; Pelvis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

EID: 0031680552     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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