Application of Ultrasound Contrast Agents for the Characterization of Female Urethral Vascularization in Healthy Pre- and Postmenopausal Volunteers: Preliminary Report

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1316-1322

  Siracusano, Salvatore ^a   Bertolotto, Michele ^a   Cucchi, Antonio ^b   Lampropoulou, Nikolitsa ^a   Tiberio, Anna ^a   Gasparini, Cristiana ^a   Ciciliato, Stefano ^a   Belgrano, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Female urethra; Ultrasound; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; REPERFUSION; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA; URETHRA VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPSULES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; URETHRA;

EID: 33750614784     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.05.044     Document Type: Article

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