Saline contrast hysterosonography in infertile patients and in women with abnormal uterine bleeding

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 564-567

  Milingos, S ^a   Kallipolitis, G ^a   Stefanidis, K ^a,c   Sklia, J ^b   Makris, N ^a   Loutradis, D ^a   Antsaklis, A ^a   Michalas, S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b MITERA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Hydrohysterosonography; Hysteroscopy; Saline hysterosonography; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SALINE CONTRAST HYSTEROSONOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 27744564653     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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