Measurement of vaginal length: Reliability of the vaginal sound - A Gynecologic Oncology Group Study

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1749-1755

  Bruner, D W ^a,f   Nolte, S A ^b   Shahin, M S ^b   Huang, H Q ^c   Sobel, E ^c,h   Gallup, D ^d   Cella, D ^e   Mackey, Denise ^g  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Buffalo Niagara Enterprise   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g Four Penn Center   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Endometrial cancer; Measurement; Vaginal length; Vaginal Sound; Vaginal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VAGINA;

EID: 33749120971     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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