Vascular abnormalities of the uterus: Have we recently over-diagnosed them?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 529-531

  Mungen E ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERUS;

EID: 17044450217     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.163     Document Type: Note

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