Ultrasound of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-309

  Horrow, Mindy M ^a,b   Rodgers, Shuchi K ^a   Naqvi, Shabbir ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

EID: 64749104744     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2007.08.008     Document Type: Review

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