Müllerian duct anomalies: Imaging and clinical issues

Radiology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-34

  Troiano, Robert N ^a   McCarthy, Shirley M ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genitourinary system, abnormalities; Genitourinary system, MR; Genitourinary system, radiography; Genitourinary system, US; State of the Art Uterus, abnormalities

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

AGENESIS; ARCUATE UTERUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGING; LAPAROSCOPY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; UTERUS APLASIA; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS DIDELPHYS; UTERUS HYPOPLASIA; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS SEPTUS; UTERUS UNICORNIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULLERIAN DUCTS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 4644326805     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2331020777     Document Type: Review

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