Sonohysterographic findings of endometrial and subendometrial conditions

Radiographics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 803-816

  Davis, Patricia C ^a   O'Neill, Mary Jane ^a   Yoder, Isabel C ^a   Lee, Susanna I ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Uterine neoplasms, 854.315, 854.3199, 854.32; Uterine neoplasms, US, 854.12989; Uterus, hemorrhage, 854.64; Uterus, US, 854.12989

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; UTERUS DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0036652638     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.22.4.g02jl21803     Document Type: Article

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