Transvaginal color Doppler for assessment of uterine vascularity in cases of uterine fibroids and sarcomas

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 294-299

  Szabo I ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Transvaginal color and pulsed Doppler ultrasonography; Uterine leiomyoma; Uterine sarcoma; Uterine vascularity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SARCOMA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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