MR Imaging of Disorders Associated with Female Infertility: Use in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management

Radiographics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1401-1421

  Imaoka, Izumi ^a   Wada, Akihiko ^a   Matsuo, Michimasa ^a   Yoshida, Masumi ^a   Kitagaki, Hajime ^b   Sugimura, Kazuro ^c  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis, 85.3192; Fallopian tubes, abscess, 853.2174; Fallopian tubes, stenosis or obstruction, 853.2172; Fertility; Genitourinary system, 85.92; Leiomyoma, 854.315; Ovary, cysts, 852.3129; Pituitary, neoplasms, 145.372; Uterine neoplasms, 854.315

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADENOMYOSIS; AGENESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPLASIA; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MATERNAL AGE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0345255599     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.236025115     Document Type: Review

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