Three-dimensional ultrasonographic characteristics of endometriomata

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 718-724

  Raine Fenning, N ^a   Jayaprakasan, K ^a   Deb, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSMENORRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CYST; PELVIS; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBFERTILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OVARIAN DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54549106670     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5380     Document Type: Article

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