Use of transvaginal ultrasonography to monitor the effects of tamoxifen on uterine leiomyoma size and ovarian cyst formation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 699-703

  Schwartz, Lisa Barrie ^a,b   Rutkowski, Nicole ^a   Horan, Camille ^a   Nachtigall, Lila E ^a   Snyder, Jon ^a   Goldstein, Steven R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroid; Leiomyoma; Ovary, cysts; Tamoxifen; Transvaginal ultrasonography; Uterus, leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

OVARIAN CYSTS; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE LEIOMYOMA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MONITORING; OVARY CYST; POSTMENOPAUSE; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0032212364     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1998.17.11.699     Document Type: Article

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