Non-invasive methods of diagnosis of endometriosis

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 519-522

  Brosens, Ivo ^a   Puttemans, Patrick ^a   Campo, Rudi ^a   Gordts, Stephan ^a   Brosens, Jan ^b  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial markers; Endometriosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Serum; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BLADDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SIGMOID; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VAGINA;

EID: 1542616696     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200312000-00011     Document Type: Review

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