Uterine sonomorphology of Asherman syndrome on transvaginal ultrasound

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-454

  Sohail, Saba ^a,b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Defence Housing Authority   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Asherman syndrome; Curettage; Endometrium; Intrauterine adhesions; Trans vaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ABDOMEN; ABORTION; ADULT; AGE; AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COW; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; REPRODUCTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS SYNECHIA; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33644801258     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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