Sonohysterography versus transvaginal sonography for screening of patients with abnormal uterine bleeding

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-23

  Alborzi, S ^a,a   Parsanezhad, M E ^a   Mahmoodian, N ^a   Alborzi, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB); Adenomyosis; Myoma; Polyp; Saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS); Transvaginal sonography (TVS)

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; OUTPATIENT; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 33846257303     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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