Ultrasound of Adnexal Masses

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 72-97

  Joshi, Mukund ^a   Ganesan, Karthik ^a   Munshi, Harsha Navani ^a   Ganesan, Subramania ^a   Lawande, Ashwin ^a  

^a Dr Joshi's Imaging Clinic Mumbai   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 40749161148     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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