The role of transvaginal colour Doppler sonography in evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 271, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 332-335

  Dragojević, Svetlana ^a   Mitrović, Ana ^a   Dikić, Srdjan ^b   Canović, Fadil ^a  

^a University Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Narodni Front   (Serbia)

^b University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska Kosa   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Menopause; Transvaginal colour Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PARAMETER; PATIENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 18744391681     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0617-y     Document Type: Article

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