Transvaginal ultrasonography with and without saline infusion in assessment of myometrial invasion of endometrial cancer

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 949-955

  Takač, Iztok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endometrium; Invasion; Myometrium; Sonohysterography; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ENDOMETRIUM; INVASION; MYOMETRIUM; SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; RELIABILITY; SALINE INFUSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34447131457     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.7.949     Document Type: Article

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