Staging of pelvic endometriosis using Magnetic Resonance Imaging compared with the laparoscopic classification of the American Fertility Society: A prospective study;Stadiazione con Risonanza Magnetica dell'endometriosi pelvica comparata con la stadiazione dell'American Fertility Society: Studio prospettico

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 326-338

  Zanardi, Romeo ^a,b   Del Frate, Chiara ^a   Zuiani, Chiara ^a   Del Frate, Giovanni ^c   Bazzocchi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AFS classification; Endometriosis; Pelvic MRI; Staging of endometriosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042564782     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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