Reproducibility of endometrial vascular patterns in endometrial disease as assessed by transvaginal power Doppler sonography in women with postmenopausal bleeding

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-163

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   Ajossa, Silvia ^b   Floris, Stefano ^b   Bargellini, Roberta ^b   Gerada, Maria ^b   Guerriero, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial disease; Power Doppler sonography; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ENDOMETRIAL DISEASES; MODE SONOGRAPHY; POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSVAGINAL POWER;

GYNECOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 32244442577     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.2.159     Document Type: Article

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