Transvaginal ultrasound or MRI for diagnosis of adenomyosis

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 505-512

  Dueholm, Margit ^a   Lundorf, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOMA; ADENOMYOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS TUMOR; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 36249028593     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3282f1bf00     Document Type: Review

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