Three-dimensional power Doppler assessment of uterine vascularization in women with primary dysmenorrhea

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1003-1010

  Royo, Pedro ^a   Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional power Doppler angiography; 3 dimensional sonography; Myometrial vascularization; Primary dysmenorrheal

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY; 3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEAL; VASCULARITY INDICES; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZATION FLOW INDICES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 47249157719     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.7.1003     Document Type: Article

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