Transient Uterine Myometrial Contraction Associated with Moles

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 182-187

  Hatakenaka, Masamitsu ^a   Yoshimitsu, Kengo ^b   Adachi, Toshisada ^a   Matsuda, Takao ^a   Wake, Norio ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gestational trophoblastic disease; Mole; MR imaging; Myometrium; Uterine contraction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE, INVASIVE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0842347719     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10445     Document Type: Article

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