Comparison of bimanual examination with ultrasound examination before hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-112

  Cantuaria, Guilherme H C ^a   Angioli, Roberto ^a   Frost, Leslie ^a   Duncan, Robert ^a   Penalver, Manuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS WEIGHT;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; OBESITY; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032125490     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199807000-00021     Document Type: Article

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