"Tenderness-guided" transvaginal ultrasonography: a new method for the detection of deep endometriosis in patients with chronic pelvic pain

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1293-1297

  Guerriero, Stefano ^a   Ajossa, Silvia ^a   Gerada, Marta ^a   D'Aquila, Marina ^a   Piras, Bruno ^a   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep endometriosis; pelvic pain; transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; LAPAROSCOPY; MOTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOUCH; VAGINA;

EID: 35648970040     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.060     Document Type: Article

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