Sonographic anatomy of the female pelvis and current technological developments;Anatomia ecografica della pelvi femminile alla luce delle nuove apparecchiature

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-207

  Mirk, Paoletta ^a   Exacoustos, Caterina ^b   Gui, Benedetta ^a  

^a Istituto di Radiologia di Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

BREAST CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GYNECOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MENOPAUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVARY DISEASE; OVIDUCT; PELVIS; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT; UTERUS; VAGINA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABDOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1842711153     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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