Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: The Role of Ultrasound

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 901-910

  Goldstein, Steven R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLIMACTERIUM; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; METASTASIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 37849187816     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2006.10.018     Document Type: Review

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