Clinical predictors in the natural history of uterine leiomyoma: Preliminary study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-20

  Tsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Kawabata, Masami ^b   Nakamoto, Osamu ^b   Yamamoto, Kumio ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artery; Blood flow; Color Doppler ultrasonography, leiomyoma; Leiomyoma; Uterine artery; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; GYNECOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE LEIOMYOMA;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PULSATILE FLOW; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031962649     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1998.17.1.17     Document Type: Article

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