Three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound scanning for the prediction of endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding and thickened endometrium

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44.e1-44.e6

  Alcazar, Juan Luis ^a   Galvan, Rosendo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional ultrasound scanning; Doppler analysis; endometrial cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 58049161283     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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