Ultrasound of pelvic inflammatory disease

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 171-179

  Horrow, Mindy M ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic inflammatory disease; Sexually transmitted disease; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOSALPINX; REVIEW; SALPINGITIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; UTERINE TUBE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 6344236766     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013644-200412000-00003     Document Type: Review

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