Problems and pitfalls in MR evaluation of uterine anomalies

Journal of Women's Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 100-107

  Siewert, Bettina ^a   Hochman, Mary ^a   Levine, Deborah ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Duplication anomalies; MR imaging; M llerian anomalies; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; UTERUS DIDELPHYS; UTERUS HORN; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

EID: 0036704625     PISSN: 1084824X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130747-200208000-00002     Document Type: Article

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