Neovascularization of uterine carcinosarcoma: Report of two cases analyzed by color Doppler ultrasonography and microvessel density

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-319

  Emoto, Makoto ^a   Udo, Toshihiro ^b   Kubota, Machi ^b   Ishiguro, Masako ^b   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^b   Kikuchi, Masahiro ^b   Kawarabayashi, Tatsuhiko ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CELLS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; INTRATUMORAL VASCULARIZATION; MICROVESSEL DENSITY; NEOPLASMS; TUMORS; UTERINE; UTERINE CARCINOSARCOMA;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032963011     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.4.315     Document Type: Article

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