Color doppler imaging is a valuable tool for the diagnosis and management of uterine vascular malformations

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 570-577

  Timmerman, D ^a   Wauters, J ^a   Van Calenbergh, S ^a   Van Schoubroeck, D ^a   Maleux, G ^a   Van Den Bosch, T ^b   Spitz, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AZ Heilig Hart ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angiography; Color Doppler imaging; Embolization; Ultrasonography; Uterus; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTROSCOPY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0038376042     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.159     Document Type: Article

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