Ovarian and uterine findings in pelvic sonography: Comparison between, prepubertal girls, girls with isolated thelarche, and girls with central precocious puberty

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1237-1246

  Herter, Liliane Diefenthaeler ^a   Golendziner, Eliete ^a   Monteiro Flores, José Antônio ^a   Moretto, Marcelo ^a   Di Domenico, Kristhiane ^a   Becker Jr , Eduardo ^a   Spritzer, Poli Mara ^a  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Ovary; Puberty, precocious; Sonography; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BONE; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PELVIC ECHOGRAPHY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

EID: 0036829541     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.11.1237     Document Type: Article

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